United States Housing Authority

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federal agency of the United States public housing authority

The United States Housing Authority was a federal agency created in the 1930s to finance and promote low-cost public housing projects across the country.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
United States Housing Authority canonical	7
U.S. Housing Authority	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency of the United States ⓘ public housing authority ⓘ
activity	issuing loans to local housing authorities ⓘ providing subsidies for public housing construction ⓘ setting standards for public housing projects ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	United States Housing Authority ⓘ surface form: U.S. Housing Authority USHA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Roosevelt administration ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt administration
dissolved	1947 ⓘ
foundedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
fundingSource	federal appropriations ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of the United States government ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	local public housing authorities receiving federal funds ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
historicalPeriod	New Deal ⓘ
inception	1937 ⓘ
industry	housing finance ⓘ public housing ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	United States Housing Act of 1937 ⓘ
legislativeAct	United States Housing Act of 1937 ⓘ surface form: Housing Act of 1937
locatedInTime	Great Depression ⓘ surface form: Great Depression era
mandate	to assist states and localities in providing decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for families of low income ⓘ
operatedDuring	Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency ⓘ Truman administration ⓘ surface form: Harry S. Truman presidency
parentOrganization	Federal Works Agency ⓘ
partOf	New Deal ⓘ surface form: New Deal programs
policyArea	housing policy ⓘ social welfare ⓘ urban development ⓘ
precededBy	Resettlement Administration housing programs ⓘ
purpose	to finance low-cost public housing projects ⓘ to improve housing conditions for low-income families ⓘ to promote slum clearance ⓘ
regulates	standards for federally funded public housing construction ⓘ
replaced	earlier ad hoc federal housing efforts ⓘ
replacedBy	United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ surface form: Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing and Home Finance Agency ⓘ Public Housing Administration ⓘ
significantEra	Interwar period ⓘ surface form: pre–World War II United States
significantProjectType	low-rent public housing developments ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Department of the Interior ⓘ Federal Works Agency ⓘ surface form: United States Federal Works Agency
targetPopulation	low-income households ⓘ urban poor ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Housing and Home Finance Agency → coordinateWith → United States Housing Authority ⓘ

Public Law 75-412 → created → United States Housing Authority ⓘ

Public Law 75-412 → implementedBy → United States Housing Authority ⓘ

Wagner–Steagall Act → created → United States Housing Authority ⓘ

Wagner–Steagall Act → established → United States Housing Authority ⓘ

Wagner–Steagall Act → implementedBy → United States Housing Authority ⓘ

Catherine Bauer Wurster → employer → United States Housing Authority ⓘ

United States Housing Authority → alsoKnownAs → United States Housing Authority ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Housing Authority