Law
United States Housing Act of 1937
Created the United States Housing Authority and provided federal support for low-income housing and slum clearance, but administration through local authorities often reproduced segregation and unequal access.
Year
1937
Impact
Mixed
Status
Active
Party
Democratic Party
Era
Jim Crow and Disenfranchisement
Impact Context
The law expanded the federal role in housing, but public-housing development and slum-clearance policy were frequently implemented within segregated local systems that limited equitable benefit for Black communities.
What This Policy Did
The law expanded the federal role in housing, but public-housing development and slum-clearance policy were frequently implemented within segregated local systems that limited equitable benefit for Black communities.
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Sources
GovInfo • Government • Sep 1, 1937
Statute compilation for the Wagner-Steagall Act creating the United States Housing Authority.
GovInfo • Government
Historical congressional compilation identifying the Act and the federal housing authority it created.