Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968

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The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 is a landmark U.S. federal law that greatly expanded housing assistance and homeownership programs, particularly for low- and moderate-income families, and significantly shaped modern federal housing policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
housing legislation ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
alsoKnownAs HUD Act of 1968 ⓘ
amended Housing Act of 1937 ⓘ
Housing Act of 1949 ⓘ
National Housing Act ⓘ
appliesTo United States housing policy ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdProgram Federal Experimental Housing Allowance Program ⓘ
Mortgage credit assistance for low- and moderate-income families ⓘ
New Communities Program ⓘ
Section 235 homeownership assistance program ⓘ
Section 236 rental housing assistance program ⓘ
dateEnacted 1968-08-01 ⓘ
effect expansion of HUD programs in the 1970s ⓘ
increased construction of subsidized rental housing ⓘ
increased federal subsidies for homeownership ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
expandedAuthorityOf United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ
expandedProgram federal housing subsidy programs ⓘ
federal mortgage insurance programs ⓘ
goal encourage private investment in low- and moderate-income housing ⓘ
increase homeownership among disadvantaged groups ⓘ
reduce housing shortages in urban areas ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation for modern federal housing assistance programs ⓘ
major expansion of federal role in housing ⓘ
introducedMechanism federal guarantees for new community development ⓘ
interest subsidy for homeownership ⓘ
interest subsidy for rental housing ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
partOf United States housing policy history ⓘ
policyArea community development ⓘ
housing ⓘ
urban development ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 90-448 ⓘ
purpose expand housing assistance for low- and moderate-income families ⓘ
promote homeownership ⓘ
revitalize urban areas ⓘ
stimulate residential construction ⓘ
relatedTo Fair Housing Act of 1968 ⓘ
Great Society domestic programs ⓘ
linked to: Great Society
signedBy Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
targetPopulation first-time homebuyers ⓘ
low-income families ⓘ
moderate-income families ⓘ
yearEnacted 1968 ⓘ

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United States Housing Acts → hasPart → Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 ⓘ
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 → alsoKnownAs → HUD Act of 1968 ⓘ
linked to: Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970 → relatedTo → Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 ⓘ
Public Law 90-448 → shortTitle → Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 ⓘ
Public Law 90-448 → alsoKnownAs → HUD Act of 1968 ⓘ
linked to: Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
Section 236 rental housing assistance program → createdBy → Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 ⓘ