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History, AICP
Question | Answer |
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Tenement House Law of 1901 | New York state outlawed dumbbell tenements. Required inspection and permits for construction and alterations. Required wide light and air areas between buldings and toilets and running water in each apartment unit. |
First Model Tenement | New York City, 1855 |
2nd half of the 1800's, impacted housing policy | Public Health Movement |
NYC, housing structure in 1879 | dumbbell tenement |
Tenement House Law of 1867 | NYC, required new tenement buildings to provide a narrow air shaft between adjacent structures, 2 toilets on each floor, and a 1 sq yard window in each room. First major housing code in the USA |
"How the Other Half Lives" | 1890, book, highlights the plight of the poor. Jacob Riis. |
Public Works Administration (PWA) | created in 1934. Great Depression Era program. Provided 85 percent of the cost of public housing projects. 1st federally supported housing program |
U.S. Housing Act | 1937. Provided $500 mil in home loans for the development of low cost housing. This Act tied slum clearance to public housing. |
Resettlement Administration | 1935, used New Deal funds to develop new towns. Greendale, WI; Greenhills, OH, and Greenbelt, MD. And, 99 other communities. |
Servicemen Readjustment Act | 1944, "GI Bill". guaranteed home loans to veterans! Resulted in rapid development of suburbs. |
National Housing Act, 1934 | Established the Federal Housing Administration to insure home mortgages |
Resettlement Administration | 1935, used New Deal funds to develop new towns. Greendale, WI; Greenhills, OH; Greenbelt, MD along with 99 others |
Housing Act of 1949 | 1st comprehensive housing legislation passed. Called for construction of 800,000 new housing units and emphasized slum clearance |
Housing Act of 1954 | Called for slum prevention and renewal. And, provided funds for planning cities under 25,000. 701 funds were later expanded to allow for statewide, interstate, and regional planning |
Housing Act of 1959 | made federal funds available for comprehensive planning at the metropolitan, regional, state, and interstate levels |
Housing Act of 1961 | provided interest subsidies to nonprofits, limited-dividend corporations, cooperatives, and public housing projects for low and moderate income families and rent |
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 | Created Housing and Urban Development Dept (HUD). And put into place rent subsidies for the poor, home loans at reduced interest rates, and subsidies for public housing projects |
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act, 1966 | Model Cities program. Provided financial incentives for coordinated metro area planning for open spaces, water supply, sewage disposal and mass transit. Also, established a loan guarantee program to encourage the development of "new communities". |
Civil Rights Act of 1968 | ended racial discrimination in home ownership and rental sales |
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 | provided for the construction of six million subsidized housing units. The Act also authorized monthly subsidies for private houses for low income families. |
Pruitt-Igoe project, 1972 | public housing project that was demonlished in St. Louis, MO. Marked a shift away from high rise concentrated public housing |
Community Development Block Grant, 1974 | created under the Housing and Community Development Act. Grant program provides flexibility for communities to use federal funds for the improvement of blighted areas. Consolidated 6 categorical urban programs into 1. Created seciton 8 |
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission | 1970,OH, adopted a housing plan that called for low and moderage income housing to be allocated on a fair share basis |
National Maunfactured Housing Construction and Safety Act, 1974 | Regulated manufactured housing units and prohibited municipalities from regulating manufactured homes through the bldg code. Homes can be regulated in terms of lcoation, size, and appearance. re. 1976 homes or later |
Urban Development Action Grant Program (UDAG), 1977 | Authorized under 1977 amendments to the 1974 Housing and Community Development Act. Promoted public-private partnerships for redevolopment of urban areas. Required intergovernmental cooperation. Cut funding for 701 comprehensive planning program. |
National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 | created HOME program, which provides funds for housing rehab |
Hope VI, 1992 | grant program provided funds for the redevelopment of severely distressed public housing. Allowed for demolition of public housing and construction of new. Deconcentrates public housing. |
Consolidated Plan | since 1995, communities required to do a Consolidated Plan to receive housing program funding. Includes: community develop and housing profile, needs assessment, local resources inventory, action plan, performance report. |
Consolidated Plan replaces... | Application process of CDBG, HOME Investment Partnership Program, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) |