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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.
The idea of a department of Urban Affairs was proposed in a 1957 report to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, led by New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller. [3] The idea of a department of Housing and Urban Affairs was taken up by President John F. Kennedy, with Pennsylvania Senator and Kennedy ally Joseph S. Clark Jr. listing it as one of the top seven legislative priorities for the ...
Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.
The Merseburg charms are the only known surviving relics of pre-Christian, pagan poetry in Old High German literature. [3]The charms were recorded in the 10th century by a cleric, possibly in the abbey of Fulda, on a blank page of a liturgical book, which later passed to the library at Merseburg.
The People's Republic of China lodged a protest with the United Kingdom for allowing American troops to visit Hong Kong while on furlough.The Chinese, who were obligated under a 99-year lease to allow the British to use the area as a colony until 1997, likened the recreational use to the placement of an American military base on the Chinese mainland.
[38] [40] [39] [41] The present form of the Quran text is accepted by Muslim scholars to be the original version compiled by Abu Bakr. [28] [29] [h] [i] Quran − in Mashhad, Iran − said to be written by Ali. Qira'at which is a way and method of reciting the Qur'an was developed sometime afterwards.
Texan English is the array of American English dialects spoken in Texas, primarily falling under Southern U.S. English.As one nationwide study states, the typical Texan accent is a "Southern accent with a twist". [1]
Bond issued by The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Bonds are a form of borrowing used by corporations to finance their operations. Share certificate dated 1913 issued by the Radium Hill Company NYSE's stock exchange traders floor c 1960, before the introduction of electronic readouts and computer screens Chicago Board of Trade Corn Futures market, 1993 Oil traders, Houston, 2009