Housing Act of 1949 adequate family life; (2) the reduction of the costs of housing without sacrifice of such sound standards; (3) the use of new designs, materials, techniques, and methods in residential construction, the use of standardized dimensions and methods of assembly of home-building materials and equipment, and the increase of efficiency in residential construction and maintenance; (4) the development of well-planned, integrated, residential neighborhoods and the development and redevelopment of communities; and (5) the stabilization of the housing industry at a high annual volume of residential construction. PART A-URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS, DEMOLITION PROGRAMS, URBAN RENEWAL FUND to SEC. 1003 The authorizations, funds, and appropriations available pursuant to sections 102 and 103 hereof shall constitute a fund, be known as the "Urban Renewal Fund", and shall be available for advances, loans, and grants to local public agencies for urban renewal projects in accordance with the provisions of this title, and all contracts, obligations, assets, and liabilities existing under or pursuant to said sections prior to the enactment of the Housing Act of 1954 are hereby transferred to said Fund. Prior to amendment by the Housing Act of 1954, Public Law 560, 83rd Congress, approved Aug. 2, 1954, 68 Stat. 590, 622, the heading of Title I was "Slum Clearance and Community Development and Redevelopment". 2This heading was inserted by sec. 501(a), Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448, approved August 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 476, 518. 3Section 100 was added by sec. 302, Housing Act of 1954, Public Law 560, 83rd Congress, approved Aug. 2, 1954, 68 Stat. 590, 622. 4Sec. 417(1), Housing Act of 1959, Public Law 86-372, approved Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 654, 676, substituted "grants" for "capital grants". Housing Act of 1949 POSITIVE Local Responsibilities SEC. 101. (a)1 In entering into any contract for advances for surveys, plans, and other preliminary work for projects under this title or for grants pursuant to section 103(a), the Secretary3 shall give consideration to the extent to which appropriate local public bodies have undertaken positive programs (through the adoption, modernization, administration, and enforcement of housing, zoning, building and other local laws, codes and regulations relating to land use and adequate standards of health, sanitation, and safety for buildings, including the use and occupancy of dwellings) for (1) preventing the spread or recurrence in the community slums and blighted areas, and (2) encouraging of 1As originally enacted subsection (a) read as follows: "Sec. 101. In extending financial assistance under this title, the Administrator shall - "(a) give consideration to the extent to which appropriate local Subsection (a) was amended to read as set forth in the text, except 2Sec. 417(2), Housing Act of 1959, Public Law 86-372, approved Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 654, 677, inserted "or for grants pursuant to section 103(a)". 3sec. Sec. 6(b) of the Act of May 25, 1967, Public Law 90-19, 81 Stat. 17, 21, struck out "Administrator" each place it appeared in title I, and inserted in lieu thereof "Secretary". Housing Act of 1949 METROPOLITAN AREA BASIS UTILIZATION housing cost reductions through the use of appropriate (b) In the administration of this title, the Except for the change noted in footnote 3, page 4 the first sentence of subsection (b) was amended to read as set forth in the text by sec. 303, Housing Act of 1954, Public Law 560, 83rd Congress, approved August 2, 1954, 68 Stat. 590, 623. As originally enacted subsection (b) was part of one sentence which also contained subsection (a). Without subsection (a) this sentence read as follows: "Sec. 101. In extending financial assistance under this title, The Administrator shall- "(a)* * * "(b) encourage the operations of such local public agencies as are established on a State, or regional (within a State), or unified metropolitan basis or as are established on such other basis as permits such agencies to contribute effectively toward the solution of community development or redevelopment problems on a State, or regional (within a State), or unified metropolitan basis. See footnotes to subsection (a) for history of provisions of that subsection. 2This sentence was added by sec. 401, Housing Act of 1959, Public Law 86-372, approved September 23, 1959, 73 Stat, 654. 670. Housing Act of 1949 WORKABLE (c) 1 No contract shall be entered into for any loan or capital grant under this title, or for annual contributions or capital grants pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, for any project or projects not constructed or covered by a contract for annual contributions prior to August 1, 1956, and no mortgage shall be insured, and no commitment to insure a mortgage shall be issued, under section 220 or section 221 (a) (3) of the National Housing Act, as amended, unless (1) there is presented to the Secretary by the locality a workable program for community improvement (which shall include an official plan of action, as it exists from time to time, for effectively dealing with the problem of urban slums and blight within the community and for the establishment and preservation of a wellplanned community with well-organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life) for utilizing 1Subsection (c) added by sec. 303, Housing Act of 1954, Public Law 560, 83rd Congress, approved August 2, 1954, 68 Stat. 590, 623. 2Sec. 402, Housing Act of 1956, Public Law 1020, 70 Stat. 1091, 1103, reinserted reference to the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 (previously removed by sec. 108, Housing Amendments of 1955, Public Law 345, 84th Congress, approved Aug. 11, 1955, 69 Stat. 635, 638) which makes the workable program requirement applicable to contracts for low-rent public housing. Sec. 108 (b), Housing Amendments of 1955 removed the following requirements from sec. 10(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, 50 Stat. 888, 42 U.S.C. 1401, which were prerequisites to communities entering into new contract for Federal assistance to low-rent public housing units: (1) that the community must be carrying on a slum clearance and urban redevelopment project, or a slum clearance and urban renewal project, assisted under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and (2) that the local governing body of the community must certify that the new public housing project is necessary to assist in meeting the relocation requirements of section 105 (c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. 3Sec. 101 (b) (1), Housing Act of 1961, Public Law 87-70, approved June 30, 1961. 75 Stat. 149, 153, substituted "section 221(a) (3)" for "221". 4 Sec. 314(a), Housing Act of 1961, Public Law 87-70, approved June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 149, 172, inserted "for community improvement". Housing Act of 1949 appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, area referred to in clause (a) (1) of paragraph (1) of3 Sec. 6(b) of the Act of May 25, 1967, Public Law 90-19, 81 Stat. 17, 21, deleted the words "to the constitutent agencies affected". 2 Sec. 101(f), Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Public Law 89-117, approved August 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 451, 453, inserted "(i)". 3Sec. 101(b) (2), Housing Act of 1961, Public Law 87-70, approved June 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 149, 153, struck out "of section 220(d), or under section 221 of the National Housing Act, as amended, if the mortgaged property is in an area described in clause (3) of section 221(a) of said Act, or in a community referred to in clause (2) (B) of said section" and inserted in lieu thereof "of section 220(a) of the National Housing Act". Sec. 101 (f), Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Public Law 89-117, approved August 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 451, 453, added the balance of the proviso following the words "National Housing Act". |