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Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970
Established federal standards for relocation payments and assistance for people displaced by federal and federally assisted projects, including displaced homeowners, tenants, businesses, and farms.
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What happened
Established federal standards for relocation payments and assistance for people displaced by federal and federally assisted projects, including displaced homeowners, tenants, businesses, and farms.
Why it matters
EquityStack classifies this policy as mixed impact with moderate supporting evidence. The record matters because it helps explain how government action shaped Black Americans' rights, resources, exposure to harm, or access to institutions.
What this means
Impact on Black Americans
Created a more equitable relocation framework in response to the harms of urban renewal, highway construction, and other public projects, but it did not undo the disproportionate displacement already borne by Black neighborhoods.
1970
Established federal standards for relocation payments and assistance for people displaced by federal and federally assisted projects, including displaced homeowners, tenants, businesses, and farms.
Outcome
Created a more equitable relocation framework in response to the harms of urban renewal, highway construction, and other public projects, but it did not undo the disproportionate displacement already borne by Black neighborhoods.
1971-01-02T08:00:00.000Z
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Previous era-adjacent record: Allen v. State Board of Elections.
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S.1 - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970
Official bill titles page describing the law's purpose of providing uniform and equitable treatment to people displaced by federal and federally assisted programs.
S.1 - Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 Actions
Official action history confirming enactment as Public Law 91-646.
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