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AICP Housing
Question | Answer |
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Housing Act of 1937 (Wagner-Steagall) | Sets the future of gov’t aid by appropriating $500 mill for low cost housing. Ties slum clearance to public housing |
1949: US Housing Act of 1949 (Wagner Ellender-Taft) | First comprehensive housing legislation. Inaugurated urban redevelopment programs. Allows for slum clearance |
1954: Housing Act of 1954 | Stresses slum prevention and urban renewal rather than slum clearance and urban development. Section 701 funds for comprehensive planning |
Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) (1974) | provides great flexibility for communities to use these federal funds for the improvement of blighted areas. Creates Section 8. |
Urban Development Action Grant Program (UDAG) 1977. | Leveraging public/private funds. Cuts 701 funding |
HOME program (Nat'l Affordable Housing Act of 1990) | Provides funds for housing rehab |
HOPE IV | funds for redev of distressed public housing. Allow for demo/recon of new public housing. Result = deconcentration of public housing.1) physical improvements, 2) management improvements, and 3)social and community services to address resident needs. |
top 3 fastest growing cities | 1. Palm Coast, FL 2. St. George UT 3. Las Vegas-Paradise NV. |
Threshold Population | Determines eligibility for CDBG funds and Phase II stormwater |