Housing Act of 1937
- Estabilished United States Housing Authority
- Increase the quality of the house, not the quantity
- Set a very low maximum income requirements for public housing residents
- Government funded
- Didn't help poor and slums
- influenced by Catherine Bauer
Purpose for USHA
- designed to lend money to the states or communities for elimination of unsafe and insanitary housing conditons.
- Cheap Construction
- Stimulate economy by having more productive workers since they would be healthy.
Creators of the USA
- President FDR
- Congressmen Rep. Steagall
United States Housing Authority
By Kerry Nguyen
Was the USHA Successful?
- New communites
- more housing units
- slums became low- cost houses
- effect and continues to serve population
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