Decide between using regular touch or a stethoscope. The apical pulse can be taken by touch or by using a stethoscope. It can be very difficult to feel an apical pulse, especially in women where breast tissue may lie over the pulse. A stethoscope may be easier for this purpose.
Government housing authorities. Housing authorities at the local and state government level provide a number of assistance programs to renters, homeowners, and first time homebuyers.
Public housing is housing stock that is owned by the government; federal public housing is owned by HUD and administered by local public housing agencies (PHAs). Additional public housing has not been built in decades. Advocates are thus focused primarily on preserving the public housing stock that remains.