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Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

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Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
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Other short titles
  • Housing Cooperation Association Financing Act
  • National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act
  • Revised National Housing Act
Long titleAn Act to establish a program of community development block grants, to amend and extend laws relating to housing and urban development, and for other purposes.
NicknamesCommunity Development Assistance Act of 1974
Enacted bythe 93rd United States Congress
EffectiveAugust 22, 1974
Citations
Public law93-383
Statutes at Large88 Stat. 633-2
Codification
Acts amendedHousing Act of 1937
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Titles amended42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created42 U.S.C. ch. 69 § 5301
Legislative history

The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–383, 88 Stat. 633-2, enacted August 22, 1974) is a United States federal law that, among other provisions, amended the Housing Act of 1937 to create the Section 8 housing program,[1] authorized the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to award "Entitlement Communities Grants" under the Community Development Block Grant program, created the National Institute of Building Sciences,[2] and established the first federal Urban Homesteading program.

The legislation was passed by the 93rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Gerald Ford on August 22, 1974.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ 88 Stat. 662
  2. ^ "National Institute of Building Sciences". Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
  3. ^ Ford, Gerald R. (August 22, 1974). "Remarks on Signing the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 - August 22, 1974". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 42–43.
  4. ^ Ford, Gerald R. (August 22, 1974). "Statement on the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 - August 22, 1974". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 43–45.
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