Question

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Classify the following municipal functions into obligatory and discretionary
functions
(a) Maintenance of cremation grounds.
(b) House for low-income groups.
(c) Drainage and sewerage.
(d) Construction and maintenance of reserve homes and orphanages.

Answer 1

Answer:

(b)

What's considered low income for housing?

For example: a household is considered "low-income" if it makes less than 80 percent of the median income in the local area (this is called Area Median Income, or AMI). So, by this definition, a dwelling is considered "affordable" for low-income families if it costs less than 24 percent of the area median income.

(c)

What is difference between sewage and drainage?

Generally, drainage system is used to run off the excess water to sea or reservoirs or any other suitable place, while sewage system is used to carry out the waste water and solids to dispose them in a proper way. Simply, sewage system is a drainage system for carrying waste water.