Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966

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Great Society legislation United States federal statute

The Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 was a major U.S. federal law under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society that funded comprehensive urban renewal and anti-poverty programs in selected “model cities.”

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 canonical	5
Model Cities Act	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Great Society legislation ⓘ United States federal statute ⓘ
administeredBy	United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Model Cities Program ⓘ
approach	comprehensive planning ⓘ concentrated federal funding in designated areas ⓘ coordination of housing, health, education, and social services ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdProgram	Model Cities Program ⓘ
dateEnacted	1966-11-03 ⓘ
emphasized	citizen participation in planning ⓘ coordination among local, state, and federal agencies ⓘ
enactedBy	89th United States Congress ⓘ
fundingType	federal grants ⓘ
goal	elimination of slums and blight ⓘ improvement of municipal services in targeted neighborhoods ⓘ
historicalContext	Great Society ⓘ surface form: War on Poverty postwar urban renewal in the United States ⓘ
influenced	later community development block grant programs ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
partOf	Great Society ⓘ
policyArea	anti-poverty policy ⓘ community development ⓘ housing policy ⓘ urban development ⓘ
presidentDuringEnactment	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
primaryPurpose	anti-poverty programs in urban areas ⓘ comprehensive urban renewal ⓘ coordination of federal urban programs at the local level ⓘ improvement of housing and living conditions in cities ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 89-754 ⓘ
regionConcerned	United States cities ⓘ
relatedTo	Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 ⓘ Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 ⓘ
required	local comprehensive city demonstration plans ⓘ
shortTitle	Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Model Cities Act
signedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation	80 Stat. 1255 ⓘ
subjectOf	debates over federal role in urban policy ⓘ
targetArea	selected model cities ⓘ
targetPopulation	low-income urban residents ⓘ
timePeriodOfImplementation	early 1970s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ
yearEnacted	1966 ⓘ

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Great Society → hasPart → Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 ⓘ

Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 → shortTitle → Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Model Cities Act

Model Cities Program → follows → Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 ⓘ

Model Cities Program → legalBasis → Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 ⓘ

89th United States Congress → passedAct → Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 ⓘ

Public Law 89-754 → shortTitle → Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 ⓘ

Public Law 89-754 → alsoKnownAs → Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Model Cities Act