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The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression.
Roosevelt angered Johnson by having him administer only the NRA, while the Public Works Administration (PWA) went to Harold L. Ickes. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] NRA and PWA reported to different cabinet agencies, making coordination difficult, and PWA money flowed so slowly into the economy [ 70 ] [ 69 ] that NRA proved to be the more important agency by far.
The act consisted of two sections; the first promoted industrial recovery and established the National Recovery Administration (NRA), while the second established the Public Works Administration (PWA). The PWA used government money to build infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, for the state.
The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) was a program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, building on the Hoover administration's Emergency Relief and Construction Act. It was replaced in 1935 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
The Williamsburg Houses were built in 1936–1938 under the auspices of the Housing Division of the Public Works Administration (PWA). [17] The project was originally segregated and allowed only white residents. [18] It was one of the first and, at the time, the most expensive New York City housing project, costing $12.5 million.
Others were established through Roosevelt executive orders, such as the Works Progress Administration and the Office of Censorship, or were part of larger programs such as the many that belonged to the Works Progress Administration. Some of the agencies still exist today, while others have merged with other departments and agencies or were ...
From 1933 to 1937, the Public Works Administration (PWA) under Harold Ickes razed 10,000 slum units and built 22,000 new units, with the primary goal of providing construction jobs. Ickes was a strong friend of African Americans and reserved half the units for them.
The RFC loan totaled $32 million (equivalent to $543 million in 2023 [110]), with a $26 million (equivalent to $442 million in 2023 [110]) grant from the Public Works Administration (PWA); this provided $58 million (equivalent to $985 million in 2023 [110]) for the turnpike's construction, and highway tolls would repay the RFC. [120]