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Line 8: HUD was preceded by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) signed into being by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1934, as part of his “New Deal”, as well as the Truman Administration’s Housing and Home Financing Agency. In the 1930s and 1940s, the United States government, for better orand largely worse in terms of its treatment of racialized and people in the lower socio-economic classes, had taken a direct role in creating and managing affordable housing. In conjunction with HUD and Congressional legislators, in 1968, Johnson set HUD on a path of overseeing and regulating affordable housing largely created by and managed by the private sector - a shift that has greatly influenced housing development in the United States. HUD's activities through the Federal Housing Association and other sub-agencies, promoted single-family home ownership and created and reinforced racial segregation and encouraged racial discrimination in housing in the United States in the 20th century. ~~ ~~ == Core Mandates == The agency’s ''stated'' central, long-standing mandates, some of which were legislated before its inauguration are: Increasing home ownership (1934) Line 34: Policy Development and Research (PD&R): This HUD office is tasked with maintaining current information on market conditions, housing needs and existing programs, as well as with researching priority housing and community development issues via the HUD USER Clearinghouse. Public and Indian Housing: This office administers the public housing program HOPE VI, the Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly – yet more popularly – known as Section 8), Project-Based Vouchers,[21] and individual loan programs housing block grants[22] for Indian tribes, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskans. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ == Housing Highlights from HUD’s History (including preceding foundational legislation) == Line 83 ⟶ 79: ''Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).'' '''1968''' – The Fair Housing Act, often seen as the last major act of legislation of the Civil Rights movement, was passed to ban housing discrimination. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) had lobbied hard to pass it, as access to housing was a pivotal issue for black and other marginalized communities. Despite the mandates of the legislation, in reality, neighborhoods in America remained and remain racially and ethnically segregated. Indeed deliberate actions to isolate, disadvantage, and contain communities of color continued and lines of segregation in many localities were more strongly drawn by the midcentury exodus of whites from cities to the suburbs where racial minorities were explicitly unwelcome. The Fair Housing Act also only pertained to discrimination in the sale of and rental of property and did nothing to remedy discrimination around mortgage lending. ''Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).'' Line 95 ⟶ 91: ''Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).'' '''1974''' – The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 established community development block grants and support for urban homesteading. The Equal Credit Opportunity Act banned discrimination related to mortgage lending. ''Presidential Administration: Gerald Ford (R).'' Line 148 ⟶ 144: [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/upshot/why-trumps-use-of-the-words-urban-renewal-is-scary-for-cities.html?action=click&contentCollection=The%20Upshot&module=RelatedCoverage&region=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article Why Trump's Use of the Words "Urban Renewal" Is Scary for Cities - The Upshot - The New York Times] 7 Dec 2016 [http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fair-housing-act History Channel, "Fair Housing Act of 1968" ] [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808815/ The Legacy of the 1968 Fair Housing Act] - Douglas Massey  *[http://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/ The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America] by Richard Rothstein, Liveright, 2017   [[Category:Government]] [[Category:US Federal Government]] [[Category:Housing Administration]] [[Category:Housing]] [[Category:Affordable housing]] [[Category:Policy]] [[Category:Equity]]