United States Housing Authority
United States federal government agency created as part of the New Deal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The United States Housing Authority, or USHA, was a federal agency created during 1937 within the United States Department of the Interior by the Housing Act of 1937 as part of the New Deal.
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Formed | 1940 |
Dissolved | Abolished pursuant to the Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1947 |
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Parent department | United States Department of the Interior |
Parent agency | Moved under the National Housing Authority of the Federal Works Agency and redesignated as the Federal Public Housing Authority on February 24, 1942 |
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It was designed to lend money to the states or communities for low-cost construction.