United States Housing Act of 1937

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Housing_Act_of_1937
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Wagner-Steagall_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Housing_Act_of_1949
gptkb:Housing_and_Urban_Development_Act_of_1965
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Pub.L._75–412
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:42_U.S.C._§_1437
gptkbp:dateEnacted September 1, 1937
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:75th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:established gptkb:United_States_Housing_Authority
gptkbp:focus low-income housing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States Housing Act of 1937
gptkbp:impact creation of local public housing agencies
gptkbp:provides construction of low-rent housing
federal funding for slum clearance
gptkbp:purpose to provide federal subsidies for public housing
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Section_8_housing
public housing in the United States
gptkbp:repealedBy Section 9 (repealed and replaced by later legislation)
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Robert_F._Wagner
gptkb:Henry_Steagall
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Public_Housing_Program
gptkb:U.S._Housing_Authority
gptkb:Wagner-Steagall_Housing_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5