Wagner-Steagall Housing Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wagner-Steagall_Housing_Act
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:United_States_Housing_Act_of_1937
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:created gptkb:United_States_Housing_Authority
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1937
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:focus low-income housing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wagner-Steagall Housing Act
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:50_Stat._888
gptkbp:purpose to provide federal subsidies for public housing
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Housing_Act_of_1949
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Robert_F._Wagner
gptkb:Henry_Steagall
gptkbp:title An Act to provide financial assistance to the States and political subdivisions thereof for the elimination of unsafe and unsanitary housing conditions, for the eradication of slums, for the provision of decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of low income, and for other purposes.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Senator_Robert_F._Wagner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4