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The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89–117, 79 Stat. 451) is a major revision to federal housing policy in the United States which instituted several major expansions in federal housing programs. The United States Congress passed and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the legislation on August 10, 1965. [1]
The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson 's Great Society and War on Poverty. The concept was presented by labor leader Walter Reuther to President Johnson in an off-the-record White House meeting on May 20, 1965. [1] In 1966, new legislation led to the more than 150 five-year-long, Model Cities experiments to ...
The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building is a 10- story office building in Washington, D.C., owned by the federal government of the United States. Completed in 1968, it serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). [4] Built by the General Services Administration, it is a prime example of ...
Johnson signing the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. In August 1965, Johnson signed the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 into law. The legislation, which he called "the single most important breakthrough" in federal housing policy since the 1920s, greatly expanded funding for existing federal housing programs, and added new programs ...
The federal government began to enmesh public housing with private development through a series of acts in 1959, 1961, 1965, and 1968, and 1970. [27] [26] The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 established the Section 8 program, which directs public housing money to private landlords via means-tested rental assistance. [26]
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.
Section 3 is a provision of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 the helps foster local economic development, neighborhood economic improvement, and individual self-sufficiency. The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administers the Section 3 program.
West Hall is a building on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.It was designed by noted American architect Wyatt C. Hedrick. [1] [2] Originally designated “Men’s Dormitory #1”, the building was subsequently renamed West Hall after James Marion West Sr., a Texas businessman and philanthropist who was a member of the university's board.