United States Housing Authority

The United States Housing Authority was a New Deal agency established by the Housing Act of 1937 housed within the United States Department of the Interior. Its purpose was to lend money to states of communities for low-cost construction projects. Under the initiative approximately 650,000 units for both low-income and homeless citizens were begun. The period’s progressive school of political thought conceived environmental improvements as foundation to improved quality of life for poorer demographics. Previously, New York State had undertaken public housing programs for low-income workers, and between 1933–37 the Public Works Administration razed slums and erected new units, both providing construction... more.

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