Housing Act of 1937 — The Housing Act of 1937, aka the Wagner Steagall Act, provided for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (PHA s) to improve living conditions for low income families. The act builds on the National Housing … Wikipedia
Housing Act of 1949 — Sprawling public housing projects like Chicago s Cabrini–Green were one result of the Housing Act of 1949. The American Housing Act of 1949 (Title V of P.L. 81 171) was a landmark, sweeping expansion of the federal role in mortgage insurance and… … Wikipedia
Housing and Development Board — The Housing and Development Board (Abbreviation: HDB; Simplified Chinese: 建屋发展局; Malay: Lembaga Pembangunan dan Perumahan ; Tamil: வீடமைப்பு வளர்ச்சிக் கழகம் ) is the statutory board of the Ministry of National Development responsible for public… … Wikipedia
Urban renewal — For other uses, see Urban renewal (disambiguation). Melbourne Docklands urban renewal project, a transformation of a large disused docks into a new residential and commercial precinct for 25,000 people … Wikipedia
PROJECT RENEWAL — PROJECT RENEWAL, the joint program of the government of Israel and the Jewish Agency for Israel for rehabilitation of distressed neighborhoods. Founded in 1978, by 1983 a total of 82 urban neighborhoods and towns throughout Israel, with a total… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Mitchell-Lama Housing Program — The Mitchell Lama Housing Program is a form of housing subsidy in the state of New York. It was proposed by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell and Assemblyman Alfred Lama and signed into law in 1955 as The Limited Profit Housing Companies… … Wikipedia
Institutional discrimination in the housing market — Discrimination and segregation in the United States housing market has endured despite the condemnation of discriminatory practices. Institutionalized, or systematic, racism occurs even though overt racist policies have been discontinued. Race is … Wikipedia
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit — The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC; often pronounced lye tech ) is a tax credit created under the Tax Reform Act of 1986 (TRA86) that gives incentives for the utilization of private equity in the development of affordable housing aimed at… … Wikipedia
Public housing — A local authority 20 storey tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales … Wikipedia
Public housing in Puerto Rico — is a subsidized system of housing units, mostly consisting of housing projects ( Residenciales in Spanish), which are provided for low income and impoverished families in Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States. The system is mainly… … Wikipedia
Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) — The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) covers on five vacant plots of land owned by New York City on Manhattan s Lower East Side, acquired as part of a 1965 urban renewal plan, near Delancey and Grand Streets. These sites were originally part … Wikipedia