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The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Pub. L. 90–448, 82 Stat. 476, enacted August 1, 1968, was passed during the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration.The act came on the heels of major riots across cities throughout the U.S. in 1967, the assassination of Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968, and the publication of the report of the Kerner Commission, which ...
After a 71-20 vote on March 11, 1968, the bill finally escaped the Senate. ... Johnson signing the Fair Housing Act into law on April 11, 1968, brings sudden closure. The president is surrounded ...
Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 is commonly referred to as the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Since 1968 its protections have been expanded significantly by amendment. The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is charged with administering and enforcing this law.
The Fair Housing Act was passed at the urging of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Congress passed the federal Fair Housing Act (codified at 42 U.S.C. 3601-3619, penalties for violation at 42 U.S.C. 3631) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 only one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
August 1 – At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, President Johnson signs a housing bill, providing 5.8 billion for the following three years for a program intended to construct 26 million housing units over the next ten years, President Johnson saying it could potentially be the Magna Charta for liberating cities and praising ...
The passage of more than a dozen pro-development bills in Shekarchi's housing package last year set off a game of cat-and-mouse with some local leaders who didn't like the state imposing changes ...
Plus: An alleged slumlord gets a "tenant empowerment" grant, Seattle's affordable housing mandates lead to less housing, D.C.'s affordable housing crisis. Tim Scott Wants to Deregulate ...
[1] [2] [3] Housing policy in the United States has influenced housing segregation trends throughout history. [4] [5] Key legislation include the National Housing Act of 1934, the G.I. Bill, and the Fair Housing Act. [4] [6] [7] [8] Factors such as socioeconomic status, spatial assimilation, and immigration contribute to perpetuating housing ...