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Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

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,[1] 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.[2] Under Section 810 of the Act the first federal Urban Homesteading program was created.

Other short titles

  • Housing Cooperation Association Financing Act
  • National Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act
  • Revised National Housing Act

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.

Community Development Assistance Act of 1974

the 93rd United States Congress

August 22, 1974

93-383

88 Stat. 633-2

Housing Act of 1937
Civil Rights Act of 1968

42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare

42 U.S.C. ch. 69 § 5301

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.[3][4]

Mobile Home Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974

Entitlement Communities Grants information, from hud.gov

24 C.F.R. PART 590—URBAN HOMESTEADING

(PDF). U.S. GAO ~ RED-75-383. U.S. Government Accountability Office. July 2, 1975. OCLC 3035483.

"Housing: Improvements Needed in the Mobile Home Park Mortgage Insurance Program"

(PDF). U.S. GAO ~ B-183516. U.S. Government Accountability Office. August 12, 1975.

"Computation of Claim of Government-Insured Lender When Value of Collateral Cannot Be Determined as Required by Regulation"

(PDF). U.S. GAO ~ B-184016. U.S. Government Accountability Office. September 16, 1975.

"Lender's Claim on Government-Insured Mobile Home Loan in Default"