Effective August 22, 1974 | Public law 93-383 | |
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Other short titles Housing Cooperation Association Financing ActNational Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards ActRevised National Housing Act Long title An Act to establish a program of community development block grants, to amend and extend laws relating to housing and urban development, and for other purposes. Nicknames Community Development Assistance Act of 1974 Enacted by | ||
The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, (12 U.S.C. 1706e), is a United States federal law that, among other provisions, amended the Housing Act of 1937 to create Section 8 housing, authorizes "Entitlement Communities Grants" to be awarded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and created the National Institute of Building Sciences. Under Section 810 of the Act the first federal Urban Homesteading program was created.
The S. 3066 legislation was passed by the United States 93rd Congressional session and enacted into law by the 38th President of the United States Gerald Ford on August 22, 1974.
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