The Impact of Federal Housing Policy on Urban African-American Families, 1930-1966To what extent did the Federal Housing Act of 1966 impact on the housing conditions of urban African-American families? Three decades later, this exclusive study seeks to evaluate the results of the most comprehensive urban development program ever passed by Congress: the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, whose primary intent was the revitalization of inner American cities, where a majority of urban African-Americans live. After providing a thorough review of federal housing policy in the twentieth century, King analyzes the social, political, and economic factors that shaped the Development Act of 1966; discusses its implementation; and evaluates the influence of the act on the lives of African-Americans. A comprehensive survey of American housing policy, this major study offers thought-provoking conclusions on the distribution of resources in the United States and an overall evaluation of federal housing policy that will be of interest to all involved in African-American studies and sociology as well as public policy. |
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Abrams activities African American communities African American families authorized Cities and Metropolitan citizen participation City Demonstration Agencies city demonstration program city officials comprehensive city demonstration Congressional coordination Demonstration Cities Department of Housing economic evaluation federal agencies federal departments federal funds Federal Government Federal Housing Administration Federal Housing Policy Frieden and Kaplan goals grant grant-in-aid programs homes Housing and Urban housing industry housing legislation housing market housing problems housing units impact implementation process income African American inner city Johnson Administration Keith loans low income African low income families major mayors members of Congress Metropolitan Development Act Model Cities Administration Model Cities Legislation Model Cities Programs model neighborhoods mortgage Negroes officials of cities officials of HUD percent planning political poverty President Johnson projects public housing racial racially segregated residential Schussheim Secretary segregated Senate slums strategy substandard housing Urban Development Urban Renewal Program veterans York
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