BHA includes five types of documents that must adhere to the style guide:
1.
2.
3.
BHA Dwelling Lease
BHA Housing Manual
Promotional Material
4.
5.
All internal communication
Eviction notices/warnings
For consistent style, BHA adheres to the following resources in this order:
BHA Style Guide
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition at www.merriam-webster.com
Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed. (CMoS) at http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
Body Text
Emphasis
Heading 1
Century Gothic, 11 point
Bolded body text , no caps, no italics, no quotes
Arial, 16 point, bold, initial caps
Air-conditioning
BHA/B.H.A. (Abbreviated)
Development (noun)
Dwelling lease
Etc.
His/her
Housing Authority
Lease
Management
Management Office
Re-Examination
Security deposit
Tenant
Ten or less
Greater than ten
Expressing money
Hyphenate
BHA (No periods between letters)
Please use ‘community’ (no caps)
Initial caps only in a binding, legal document
No ital., always followed by a period (.)
Replace with ‘their’ to remain gender neutral
Initial caps when referring specifically to BHA
Initial caps only in a binding, legal document
Capitalize when referring to a specific BHA branch
Initial caps when referring to a BHA office
Reexamination, no hyphen
Initial caps only in a binding, legal document
Initial caps only in a binding, legal document as a noun
Written as words (one, two, three)
Written as numerals (11, 12, 13)
Dollar symbol and exact value as numerals ($25.00)