Housing and Home Finance Agency

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The Housing and Home Finance Agency was a former U.S. federal agency that coordinated national housing, urban development, and home financing programs before its functions were absorbed into the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).


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Predicate Object
instanceOf former United States federal agency
appliesToJurisdiction United States
coordinateWith Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal National Mortgage Association
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States Housing Authority
Veterans Administration
country United States
dissolvedInto United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
field home finance
housing policy
urban development
hasJurisdiction national housing and home finance programs in the United States
hasPart College Housing Program
Community Facilities Administration
Federal Housing Administration
Federal National Mortgage Association
Mass Transportation Demonstration Program
Open Space Land Program
Public Housing Administration
Urban Renewal Administration
hasResponsibility administration of federal home financing programs
administration of public housing programs
administration of urban renewal programs
college housing loans
community facilities loans
coordination of federal housing programs
federal housing research and statistics
low-rent public housing development
mass transportation demonstration grants
mortgage insurance programs
open space land grants
slum clearance programs
urban planning assistance
industry public administration
locationCountry United States
operatedIn 20th century
parentOrganization Executive Office of the President of the United States
partOf United States federal government housing structure
purpose to coordinate national housing policy
to integrate federal urban development programs
to manage federal home financing assistance
replaced earlier fragmented federal housing administration structure
replacedBy United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
shortName HHFA
significantEvent transfer of functions to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development


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