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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 .
Housing Act of 1937 (aka Wagner-Steagall Act) 1937: Public Housing Federal: Provided for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHAs) to improve living conditions for low-income families. Housing Act of 1949: 1949 [definition needed] Federal [definition needed] Housing Act of 1954: 1954: Public housing ...
The definition of a slum was classed by the Federal Housing Act of 1937 as "any area where dwellings predominate which, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangements or design, lack of ventilation, light or sanitation facilities, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health or morals". [1]
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 housing law dates to 1949, when the federal Housing Act banned racial discrimination in public housing projects. ... They changed the definition of “low-rent housing project” to mean any ...
The Housing Act of 1949, also known as the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Act, provided federal loans to cities to acquire and clear slum areas to be sold to private developers to redevelop in accordance with a plan prepared by the city (normally with new housing), and grants to cover two-thirds of the portion of the city's costs in excess of the sale ...
One study authored by research psychiatrist Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove and published by the nonprofit Institute for Justice looked at cases involving the Federal Housing Act between 1949 and 1973.
National Housing Act of 1934, the first significant federal housing legislation enacted in the United States; Housing Act of 1937, also known as the Wagner-Steagall Act, which subsidized public housing in the United States; Housing Act of 1949, a major post-World War II national housing policy enacted in the United States