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A Homestead and Hope - the first bulletin for the Division of Subsistence Homesteads, U.S. Department of Interior [8] Homestead Project Timeline; Urban homesteading; Smallholding; Five Acres and Independence; NARA Records of the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) (Record Group 96) 1918-80 (bulk 1932–59)
Urban American cities, such as New York City, have used policies of urban homesteading to encourage citizens to occupy and rebuild vacant properties. [1] [2] Policies by the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development allowed for federally owned properties to be sold to homesteaders for nominal sums as low as $1, financed otherwise by the state, and inspected after a one-year period. [3]
In 1974, under Section 810 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Congress authorized the Urban Homesteading Demonstration (1975-1977) which involved the transfer of vacant VA and FHA-foreclosed properties to 23 state and local agencies at no cost. [1]
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Homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of food, and may also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craft work for household use or sale. Homesteading has been pursued in various ways around the world and throughout different historical eras.
The Integral Urban House was a pioneering 1970s experiment in self-reliant urban homesteading. The house was located at 1516 5th St. in Berkeley, California between 1974 and 1984. The Sierra Club published a book about the experiment in 1979.
In New York City, the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) was at the forefront of a homesteading movement in the 1970s and 1980s. [46] Despite squatting being illegal, artists began to occupy buildings, and European squatters coming to New York brought ideas for cooperative living, such as bars, support between squats, and tool exchange ...