This Big Blog of mine is about the Great Societies- Cities. Here it is:
Here are the acts that involved the Cities:
1. The Omnibus Housing Act- this act provided money for low income housing.
2. Department of Housing and Urban Development- formed to administer federal housing programs.
3. Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Act- funded slum rebuilding, mass transit, and other improvements for selected “model cities.”
The Omnibus Housing Act was passed in 1965. This Act provided money for life necessities to low income family. In the time from 1954 until 1968, the United States passed five different Omnibus Housing Acts. The various Omnibus Housing Acts were trying to improve the quality of life for the Americans and also help the Civil Rights movements. The Omnibus Housing Acts provided for affordable quality housing for all Americans. These Acts were also passed regardless of a person’s race to address specific housing needs throughout the United States. The Omnibus Housing Acts were passed in 1949, 1956, 1959, 1964, and 1965. The Omnibus Housing Act of 1949 focused on the quality housing standards for FHA insured houses and veteran houses. The Omnibus Housing Act of 1956 focused on slum clearance, reducing the impact of poverty stricken houses homes in the United State. The Omnibus Housing Act of 1959 helped out elderly residents and also provided for FHA secured mortgages for renovated or new houses in the United States that have a 50% elderly population. The Omnibus Housing Act of 1964 allowed for the public to get mortgages from the lender Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae pooled all of the total mortgages to sell private stock. The Omnibus Housing Act of 1965 was part of the Great Society Laws that were put in place by President Johnson. This Act offered nearly 8 Billion dollars that would go towards building houses and providing rent supplements for low to middle income families. In 1983, the OHA demanded that rent controls and consolidation rental laws allowed non tenant apartments to become exempt from the rent laws. This was declared CONSTITUTIONAL and that settled all cases brought up during this time.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is also known as the HUD. The HUD is a cabinet department in the Executive Branch of the United States government. This department was founded as part of the Great Society Program in 1965. There were many different types of Acts and Amendments passed to assist the department. These include the Fair Housing Act, The Brooke Amendment, The Housing Community Development Act of 1974, The Housing and Community Act of 1977, The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, The Housing and Community Development Act, The Hope VI, The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, and the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act. The Fair Housing Act banned discrimination in housing. The Brooke Amendment establishes that low income families can only pay more than 25% of their income for rent. The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 allowed for community development grants to help for urban home building. The Housing and Community Act of 1977 set up urban development grants and continued in assisting the elderly and the handicapped. The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act helped communities deal with homeless people. The Housing and Community Development Act provided for the sale of public housing to management corporations. The Hope VI program explained public housing and how it works. The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 codified the mandates of the HUD and set goals for low income families in unobserved housing areas. The Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act gave public housing authorities the things needed to take out and convict residents who may endanger or injure fellow residents. In October of 1998, the government set laws that proposed local housing authorities the right to open up more houses to the middle and lower classes. In November of 2007, the most recent part of the HUD, the HUD program provided seller concessions to the buyers of HUD houses in the Untied States. This allowed people to buy a house with a down payment of 100 dollars.
The Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Act is the smallest part of the Great Societies- Cities. It got rid of the discriminatory quota system in the Untied States and the coverage was extended in 1966. In 1967, the Social Security coverage’s were raised and expanded. The Act was passed in 1966 and provided aid the cities to rebuild and brighten different areas of that city. Other parts of this Act dealt with parts of mass transit and the truth in packaging and lending. Minimum Wage was rose because of this act in 1966.
Personal Thoughts and Opinions:
Even though the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Act was the smallest part of the Great Society- Cities, it had probably the biggest impact. The Act raised Minimum Wage, which is a big deal in the United States. The Omnibus Housing Acts were helpful to the lower to middle class citizens of the United States. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is still around today and it a really big deal so I think that this was the most important part of this entire research I have done so far. This is a really interesting topic and I think that if I did not have a time limit on it I would tell you so much more about it. The things that I wrote about were what I thought were the most important things from each website. This is really cool topic as I said before, if Mr. Bruns gave us nothing to do for a week, I would probably devote it to researching more on this topic and I am glad that I chose this topic.
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Sources:
- Omnibus Housing Act –
--- http://www.ehow.com/about_5506148_omnibus-housing-act.html
- Department of Housing and Urban Development -
--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development
- Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Area Redevelopment Act -
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