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*Community Planning and Development: This Office administers many of HUD’s major affordable housing and homelessness programs including the Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), the HOME program, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program (Mod Rehab SRO), Shelter Plus Care, Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA).
*Government National Mortgage Association (known as Ginnie Mae)
*Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity enforces Federal laws against race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability and familial status-based
*Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (developed in 1998)
*Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control.
*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) ==
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There are significant clusters of housing-related Federal legislation in the 1930s and 1940s, in the 1960s, and again in the 1990s and early 2000s.
'''1934''' – The National Housing Act establishes the Federal Housing Administration, which facilitates mortgage insurance on FHA-approved lender loans made by FHA-approved lenders
''Presidential Administration: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D).''▼
1937 – The Housing Act of 1937 inaugurates the United States Housing Authority, which oversees slum-clearance projects and the construction of low-rent housing.▼
▲'''1937''' – The Housing Act of 1937 inaugurates the United States Housing Authority, which oversees slum-clearance projects and the construction of low-rent housing.
▲Presidential Administration: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D).
''Presidential Administration: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D).''▼
1938 – The National Housing Act Amendments of 1938 are enacted, creating the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), which created a secondary market to the Federal Housing Administration.▼
▲'''1938 '''– The National Housing Act Amendments of 1938 are enacted, creating the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), which created a secondary market to the Federal Housing Administration.
▲Presidential Administration: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D).
''Presidential Administration: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D).''▼
1942 – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the National Housing Agency with Executive Order 9070, Establishing the National Housing Agency as well as a raft of other housing-related authorities and agencies as the US mobilized during World War II.▼
▲'''1942 '''– President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the National Housing Agency with Executive Order 9070, Establishing the National Housing Agency as well as a raft of other housing-related authorities and agencies as the US mobilized during World War II.
▲Presidential Administration: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D).
1949 – The Housing Act of 1949 is put in place to promote the eradication of slums and promote community development and redevelopment programs.▼
▲'''1949''' – The Housing Act of 1949 is put in place to promote the eradication of slums and promote community development and redevelopment programs.
▲Presidential Administration: Harry S. Truman (D).
1959 – The Housing Act of 1959 sets in place funding for elderly housing.▼
▲'''1959 '''– The Housing Act of 1959 sets in place funding for elderly housing.
Presidential Administration: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R).''
1964 – Under Lyndon B. Johnson, the Housing Act of 1964 provides access to rehabilitation loans for homeowners.▼
▲'''1964''' – Under Lyndon B. Johnson, the Housing Act of 1964 provides access to rehabilitation loans for homeowners.
▲Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).
''Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).''▼
1965 – The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 established several major expansions in federal housing programs.▼
▲'''1965''' – The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 established several major expansions in federal housing programs.
▲Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).
''Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).''▼
1965 – The Department of Housing and Urban Development is established as a cabinet-level agency via the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act.▼
▲'''1965''' – The Department of Housing and Urban Development is established as a cabinet-level agency via the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act.
▲Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).
''Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).''▼
1968 – The Fair Housing Act is passed to ban housing discrimination.▼
▲'''1968''' – The Fair Housing Act is passed to ban housing discrimination.
▲Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).
''Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).''▼
1968 – The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 establishes the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) with a mission of expanding affordable housing financing.▼
▲'''1968''' – The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 establishes the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) with a mission of expanding affordable housing financing.
▲Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).
''Presidential Administration: Lyndon B. Johnson (D).''▼
1969 – Congress passes section 213 (a) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-152), known as the Brooke Amendment which capped rent in public housing projects at no more than 25 percent of a tenant`s income.▼
▲'''1969''' – Congress passes section 213 (a) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-152), known as the Brooke Amendment which capped rent in public housing projects at no more than 25 percent of a tenant`s income.
▲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.▼
▲'''1974''' – The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 established community development block grants and support for urban homesteading.
Presidential Administration: Gerald Ford (R).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: Gerald Ford (R).''
1977 – The Housing and Community Act of 1977 creates Urban Development Grants and continues elderly and handicapped assistance.▼
▲'''1977''' – The Housing and Community Act of 1977 creates Urban Development Grants and continues elderly and handicapped assistance.
Presidential Administration: Jimmy Carter (D).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: Jimmy Carter (D).''
1987 – The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act supported communities in dealing with homelessness and included the creation of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness ( of which HUD is a member).▼
▲'''1987''' – The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act supported communities in dealing with homelessness and included the creation of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness ( of which HUD is a member).
Presidential Administration: Ronald Reagan (R).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: Ronald Reagan (R).''
1988 – The Housing and Community Development Act allows for the sale of public housing to resident management corporations.▼
▲'''1988''' – The Housing and Community Development Act allows for the sale of public housing to resident management corporations.
Presidential Administration: Ronald Reagan (R).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: Ronald Reagan (R).''
1992 – The HOPE VI program is created to revitalize public housing and how it works.▼
▲'''1992''' – The HOPE VI program is created to revitalize public housing and how it works.
Presidential Administration: George Herbert Walker Bush (R).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: George Herbert Walker Bush (R).''
1992 – The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 includes mandates to HUD to set goals for lower income and underserved housing areas for the GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.▼
▲'''1992''' – The Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 includes mandates to HUD to set goals for lower income and underserved housing areas for the GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Presidential Administration: George Herbert Walker Bush (R).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: George Herbert Walker Bush (R).''
1995 – The "Blueprint for Reinvention of HUD" proposes sweeping changes in public housing reform and FHA and the consolidation of other programs into three block grants.▼
▲'''1995 '''– The "Blueprint for Reinvention of HUD" proposes sweeping changes in public housing reform and FHA and the consolidation of other programs into three block grants.
Presidential Administration: Bill Clinton (D).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: Bill Clinton (D).''
1998 – HUD opens its Enforcement Center to take action against HUD-assisted multifamily property owners and other HUD fund recipients who violate laws and regulations. Congress also approves Public Housing reforms to reduce segregation by race and income, encourage and reward work, bring more working families into public housing, and increase the availability of subsidized housing for very poor families.▼
▲'''1998''' – HUD opens its Enforcement Center to take action against HUD-assisted multifamily property owners and other HUD fund recipients who violate laws and regulations. Congress also approves Public Housing reforms to reduce segregation by race and income, encourage and reward work, bring more working families into public housing, and increase the availability of subsidized housing for very poor families.
Presidential Administration: Bill Clinton (D).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: Bill Clinton (D).''
2000 – America's homeownership rate achieves a new record-high of 67.7 percent in the third quarter of 2000. A total of 71.6 million American families own their habitations - more than at any time in American history.▼
▲'''2000 '''– America's homeownership rate achieves a new record-high of 67.7 percent in the third quarter of 2000. A total of 71.6 million American families own their habitations - more than at any time in American history.
Presidential Administration: Bill Clinton (D).▼
▲''Presidential Administration: Bill Clinton (D).''
2007 – HUD initiates a program to provide seller concessions to buyers of HUD homes, allowing them to use a minimal down payment of $100.▼
▲'''2007''' – HUD initiates a program to provide seller concessions to buyers of HUD homes, allowing them to use a minimal down payment of $100.
▲Presidential Administration: George W. Bush (R).
''Presidential Administration: George W. Bush (R).''
== References ==
*United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development]
*HUD History - HUD.gov
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*The American Presidency Project - 426 - Remarks Upon Signing the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.[http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29056 http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=29056]
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