Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 information
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Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Other short titles
Housing Cooperation Association Financing Act
National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act
Revised 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 93rd United States Congress
Effective
August 22, 1974
Citations
Public law
93-383
Statutes at Large
88 Stat. 633-2
Codification
Acts amended
Housing Act of 1937 Civil Rights Act of 1968
Titles amended
42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare
U.S.C. sections created
42 U.S.C. ch. 69 § 5301
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 3066 by John Sparkman (D–AL) on February 27, 1974
Committee consideration by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, House Banking and Currency
Passed the Senate on March 11, 1974 (76-11)
Passed the House on June 20, 1974 (351-25, in lieu of H.R. 15361)
Reported by the joint conference committee on August 12, 1974; agreed to by the Senate on August 13, 1974 (84-0) and by the House on August 15, 1974 (377-21)
Signed into law by President Gerald R. Ford on August 22, 1974
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,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3][4]
^88 Stat. 662
^"National Institute of Building Sciences". Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
^Ford, Gerald R. (August 22, 1974). "Remarks on Signing the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 - August 22, 1974". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 42–43.
^Ford, Gerald R. (August 22, 1974). "Statement on the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 - August 22, 1974". Internet Archive. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Service. pp. 43–45.
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