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  2. Housing authority - Wikipedia

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    A housing authority or ministry of housing is generally a governmental body that governs aspects of housing or (called in general "shelter" or "living spaces"), often providing subsidies and low rent or free public housing to qualified people.

  3. Weymouth, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Weymouth was founded in 1635, from the territory known as Wessagusett which was described in 1622—just two years after the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth. Weymouth held the distinction of having the oldest continuous town meeting form of government, for 365 years. In 1999, Weymouth residents voted to change to a city form of government.

  4. Old Colony Housing Project - Wikipedia

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    The Old Colony Housing Project is a 16.7-acre public housing project located in South Boston, Massachusetts. First built in 1940 as a cluster of 22 three-story brick building’s housing 873 low-income units, [ 1 ] It is one of the Boston Housing Authority 's oldest developments.

  5. Housing Act of 1937 - Wikipedia

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    Housing Act of 1937; Long title: An Act to provide financial assistance to the States and political subdivisions thereof for the elimination of unsafe and insanitary housing conditions, for the eradication of slums, for the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of low income, and for the reduction of unemployment and the stimulation of business activity, to create a ...

  6. Weymouth, Dorset - Wikipedia

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    Weymouth (/ ˈ w eɪ m ə θ / WAY-məth [1]) is a seaside town and civil parish in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England.Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, 7 miles (11 km) south of the county town of Dorchester, Weymouth had a population of 53,416 in 2021.

  7. Gautreaux Project - Wikipedia

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    Some housing departments misinterpreted the results of the Gautreaux project, and used it as justification for emptying and demolishing public housing, as a result of which thousands of public housing residents at a time moved to the same suburbs and overwhelmed the suburbs' resources with urban problems.

  8. Massachusetts Housing Court - Wikipedia

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    The Massachusetts Housing Court (also known as the Housing Court Department of the Trial Court) is a trial court in Massachusetts that hears eviction cases, small claims cases, and civil actions involving personal injury, property damage, breach of contract, discrimination, and other claims. The Housing Court also hears code enforcement actions ...

  9. Federal Housing Administration - Wikipedia

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    In 1935, Colonial Village in Arlington County, Virginia, was the first large-scale, rental housing project erected in the United States that was Federal Housing Administration-insured. [10] During World War II, the FHA financed a number of worker's housing projects including the Kensington Gardens Apartment Complex in Buffalo, New York. [11]