The Civil Works Administration was established during the Great Depression in 1933 by the "New Deal". The Civil Works Administration was made in order to provide jobs for millions of unemployed citizens. The CWA was set up under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.The Civil Works Administration provided construction jobs, which included improving buildings and building bridges. The Administration costed of $200 million a month, and was brought to an end on March 31, 1934 by the recomendation of Lewis Douglas. The company cost so much money because it hired 4 million people and promised high wages.
Civil WorkersThe United States Housing Authority was established in 1937 as part of the New Deal. This Authority was designed in order to lend money to the states for low-cost construction. Units of nearly 650,000 homeless and low income citizens were started. Al Smith, the governor of New York began publis housing programs for the low income workers. In the next four years, the Housing Authority created 10,000 slum units and built 22,000 new units.The housing faced a steep economis danger. They were told to make an obvious seperation and barrier between the normal housing units and the welfare units. The welfare units were only to be available for citizens too poor, yet worthy enough to get help with housing. Another requirement was that the citizens had an income 20 percent lower than the upper income limit. Civil Rights groups accepted the fact that the welfare units were to be racially segregrated.
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