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Slum clearance in the United States has been used as an urban renewal strategy to regenerate derelict or run-down districts, often to be replaced with alternative developments or new housing. Early calls were made during the 19th century, although mass slum clearance did not occur until after World War II with the introduction of the Housing ...
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 ...
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.
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Title I - Slum Clearance & Community Development & Redevelopment Authorized $1 Billion in loans to help cities acquire slums and blighted land for public or private redevelopment. It also allotted $100 million every year for five years for grants to cover two-thirds of the difference between the cost of the slum land and its reuse value.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Republicans in the Legislature on Tuesday backed off a widespread plan to restrict the public's access to records about Sanders' administration, but they ...
In 2020, Arkansas passed a new law supporting a verification system that actively monitors the status of your insurance policy, automatically fining you $100 if a lapse in coverage is detected. If ...
Enhancing laws on trespassing; Removing homeless people from particular areas; Prohibiting begging; Selective enforcement of laws; Selective creation of laws (The French novelist Anatole France noted this phenomenon as long ago as 1894, observing that "the law in its majestic equality forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges ...