Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

{{Short description|Act of Congress}}

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{{Infobox U.S. legislation

| shorttitle = Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

| othershorttitles = {{unbulleted list|Housing Cooperation Association Financing Act|National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act|Revised National Housing Act}}

| longtitle = An Act to establish a program of community development block grants, to amend and extend laws relating to housing and urban development, and for other purposes.

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| nickname = Community Development Assistance Act of 1974

| enacted by = 93rd

| effective date = August 22, 1974

| public law url = http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-88/pdf/STATUTE-88-Pg633-2.pdf

| cite public law = 93-383

| cite statutes at large = {{usstat|88|633-2}}

| acts amended = Housing Act of 1937
Civil Rights Act of 1968

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| title amended = 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare

| sections created = {{Usc-title-chap|42|69}} § 5301

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| leghisturl = http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d093:SN03066:@@@R

| introducedin = Senate

| introducedbill = {{USBill|93|S.|3066}}

| introducedby = John Sparkman (D–AL)

| introduceddate = February 27, 1974

| committees = Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, House Banking and Currency

| passedbody1 = Senate

| passeddate1 = March 11, 1974

| passedvote1 = [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/93-1974/s653 76-11]

| passedbody2 = House

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| passeddate2 = June 20, 1974

| passedvote2 = [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/93-1974/h757 351-25], in lieu of {{USBill|93|H.R.|15361}}

| conferencedate = August 12, 1974

| passedbody3 = Senate

| passeddate3 = August 13, 1974

| passedvote3 = [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/93-1974/s941 84-0]

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| passedbody4 = House

| passeddate4 = August 15, 1974

| passedvote4 = [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/93-1974/h896 377-21]

| signedpresident = Gerald R. Ford

| signeddate = August 22, 1974

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The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 1706e) is a United States federal law that, among other provisions, amended the Housing Act of 1937 to create Section 8 housing,{{USStat|88|662}} authorizes "Entitlement Communities Grants" to be awarded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and created the National Institute of Building Sciences.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nibs.org/index.php/about/ |title=National Institute of Building Sciences |access-date=2011-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806050000/http://www.nibs.org/index.php/about/ |archive-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead }} Under Section 810 of the Act the first federal Urban Homesteading program was created.

The S. 3066 legislation was passed by the United States 93rd Congressional session and enacted into law by the 38th President of the United States Gerald Ford on August 22, 1974.{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4732025.1974.001.umich.edu/page/42 |title=Remarks on Signing the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 - August 22, 1974 |last=Ford |first=Gerald R. |date=August 22, 1974 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |pages=42–43}}{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/4732025.1974.001.umich.edu/page/43 |title=Statement on the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 - August 22, 1974 |last=Ford |first=Gerald R. |date=August 22, 1974 |website=Internet Archive |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Archives and Records Service |pages=43–45}}