Home Owners' Loan Corporation

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The Home Owners' Loan Corporation was a New Deal-era U.S. government agency created during the Great Depression to refinance home mortgages, prevent foreclosures, and stabilize the housing market.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal agency
government agency
activity issuing long-term, low-interest loans to homeowners
purchasing distressed home mortgages from private lenders
refinancing mortgages on more favorable terms
appliesToJurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States
archivesAt U.S. National Archives
associatedWith redlining
country United States
createdDuring Great Depression
dissolved 1954
financedBy U.S. Treasury
federal government bonds
foundedBy United States federal government
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States government
hasConsequence expanded use of long-term fixed-rate mortgages in the U.S.
hasEffectOn homeownership patterns in the United States
racial segregation in housing markets
hasProgramType mortgage relief program
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
historicalRole stabilizing the U.S. housing finance system during the Great Depression
impact contributed to long-term changes in U.S. mortgage markets
reduced home foreclosure rates in the 1930s
inception 1933
industry housing finance
mortgage lending
legalBasis Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933
locatedInTime 20th century
mainPurpose prevent home foreclosures
refinance home mortgages
stabilize the housing market
notableFor introduction of standardized long-term amortized mortgages
large-scale mortgage refinancing during the Great Depression
use of residential security maps
operatedIn United States
parentOrganization Federal Home Loan Bank Board
partOf New Deal
policyArea economic recovery policy
housing policy
regulates terms of refinanced home mortgages
replacedBy private mortgage market institutions
supervisedBy Federal Home Loan Bank Board
timePeriod New Deal era
usedInstrument federally backed mortgage refinancing

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