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Construction paused in the early 1950s when a 6.4 acre strip of land was discovered to be county territory and was annexed in 1952 as part of slum clearance measures. [7] Manhattanville Houses is a public housing project built during the late 1950s on slum clearance land formerly occupied by tenement blocks.
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.
The criteria to determine the type of house that could be defined as a slum were amended in the 1969 housing act, typically being applied to houses unfit for habitation and those beyond reasonable repair cost. [22] In some cases, a slum clearance area could be declared without swift action, such as in South Kilburn where 342 unfit houses were ...
The definition of "clearance" (as it relates to the Highland Clearances) is debatable. The term was not in common use during much of the clearances; landowners, their factors and other estate staff tended, until the 1840s, to use the word "removal" to refer to the eviction of tenants. However, by 1843, "clearance" had become a general (and ...
In the Canadian tax system the term Adjusted cost base (ACB) refers to the cost of an investment adjusted for several tax-related items including acquisition costs. [1] It is used in the calculation of capital gains or losses.
Land clearing threatens native species including ground orchids and eucalyptus. [4] Extensive unlawful deforestation continues across the country. [5] Land clearing is an important environmental issue in Australia. Bans on land clearing have been placed by state governments. [6]
Yankee White is an administrative nickname for a background check undertaken in the United States of America for Department of Defense personnel and contractor employees working with the president and vice president. [1]
By one United Nations estimate, the cost to produce a landmine is between $3 and $75 while the cost of removing it is between $300 and $1000. [31] However, such estimates may be misleading. The cost of clearance can vary considerably since it depends on the terrain, the ground cover (dense foliage makes it more difficult) and the method; and ...