National Housing Act
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National Housing Act may refer to:
- National Housing Act (Canada)National Housing Act (Canada)National Housing Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada in 1938 and was intended to promote the construction of new houses, the repair and modernization of existing houses, and the improvement of housing and living conditions. It was later amended in 1985 and 1999....
of 1938, the first significant federal housing legislation adopted in Canada - National Housing Act of 1934National Housing Act of 1934The National Housing Act of 1934, , also called the Capehart Act, was part of the New Deal passed during the Great Depression in order to make housing and home mortgages more affordable. It created the Federal Housing Administration and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.It was...
, the first significant federal housing legislation enacted in the United States - Housing Act of 1937Housing Act of 1937The Housing Act of 1937, sometimes called the Wagner-Steagall Act, provided for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies to improve living conditions for low-income families....
, also known as the Wagner-Steagall Act, which subsidized public housing in the United States - Housing Act of 1949Housing Act of 1949The American Housing Act of 1949 was a landmark, sweeping expansion of the federal role in mortgage insurance and issuance and the construction of public housing...
, a major post-World War II national housing policy enacted in the United States - Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 is a major revision to federal housing policy in the United States which created the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and instituted several major expansion in federal housing programs.The United States Congress passed and...
, part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" program, which provided a national system of rent subsidies in the United States