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Slum clearance removes the slum, but neglecting the needs of the community or its people, does not remove the causes that create and maintain the slum. [5] [6] Similarly, plans to remove slums in several non-Western contexts have proven ineffective without sufficient housing and other support for the displaced communities.
Towards the end of the 1960s, slum clearances and the consequent destruction of communities were causing concerns for the government. [21] The Housing Act 1969 was introduced to help authorities overcome problems with slum clearances by introducing the concept of general improvement areas, where improvement grants were available. It was ...
The Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 approved slum clearance loans and new low-rent housing, yet New York City was the only place where development occurred under the act. In 1933, the act was replaced with the National Industrial Recovery Act which focused on slum clearance and home construction for low-income families and ...
An Act to indemnify Charles Beattie, Esquire, from any penal consequences which he may have incurred by sitting and voting as a member of the House of Commons while holding the office or place of member of certain panels constituted in pursuance of the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946, [e] and the National ...
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 .
The Housing Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 39) otherwise known as the Greenwood Act, is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It encouraged mass slum clearance and councils to set to work to demolish poor quality housing and replace it with new build. Subsidies for general housing, were given, these were calculated on the number of people ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pakistan. [8] [page needed] [9] [10 ... The Danish government passed The Slum Clearance Act in 1939, demolished many slums ...
The Darnhill estate near Heywood, Greater Manchester was built by Manchester Corporation between 1947 and the 1960s as overspill housing.. An overspill estate is a housing estate built at the edge of an urban area, often to rehouse people from inner city areas as part of slum clearances.