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The National Housing Act of 1934, H.R. 9620, Pub. L. 73–479, 48 Stat. 1246, enacted June 27, 1934, also called the Better Housing Program, [1] was part of the New Deal passed during the Great Depression in order to make housing and home mortgages more affordable. [2]
The American Housing Act of 1949 (Pub. L. 81–171) was a landmark, sweeping expansion of the federal role in mortgage insurance and issuance and the construction of public housing. It was part of President Harry Truman 's program of domestic legislation, the Fair Deal .
Housing Act of 1949, a major post-World War II national housing policy enacted in the United States; Housing Amendments of 1955 Act, 1955 amendments to the National Housing Act, see 84th United States Congress; Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" program, which provided a national ...
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), also known as the Office of Housing within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is a United States government agency founded by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, established in part by the National Housing Act of 1934.
Housing Act of 1937 (aka Wagner-Steagall Act) 1937: Public Housing Federal: Provided for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHAs) to improve living conditions for low-income families. Housing Act of 1949: 1949 [definition needed] Federal [definition needed] Housing Act of 1954: 1954: Public housing ...
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 was a United States federal law, which, among other provisions, amended the Housing Act of 1937 to create Section 8 housing, [7] authorized "Entitlement Communities Grants" to be awarded by HUD, and created the National Institute of Building Sciences. [8]
Permanent, federally funded housing came into being in the United States as a part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal. Title II, Section 202 of the National Industrial Recovery Act, passed June 16, 1933, directed the Public Works Administration (PWA) to develop a program for the "construction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair under public regulation or control of low-cost housing and slum ...
The Housing Act is a stock title used for Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom relating to housing. The following Acts of Parliament are Housing Acts passed in the United Kingdom: Housing Act 1930, (also known as the Greenwood Act) Housing Act 1933; Housing Act 1935; Housing Act 1969; Housing Act 1980; Housing Act 1985; Housing Act 1988 ...