Housing: Hearings ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - 647 pages Considers legislation to reorganize Federal housing agencies and programs. |
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... reason we were doubtful about putting this in this year was that the insurance companies now take the position that this is not a section that they will use , that the return guaranty is not adequate , and that they will not make use of ...
... reason we were doubtful about putting this in this year was that the insurance companies now take the position that this is not a section that they will use , that the return guaranty is not adequate , and that they will not make use of ...
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... reason- able adjustment you think they think they can make use of it , but I regard title VII as an experiment and not as an integral part of the bill . Title VIII is the result of the working over of the so - called urban redevelopment ...
... reason- able adjustment you think they think they can make use of it , but I regard title VII as an experiment and not as an integral part of the bill . Title VIII is the result of the working over of the so - called urban redevelopment ...
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... reason why , if the neighborhood remains decent and the house is in good condition , that it should not rent for just about the same as a new house , and the result is that the cost of housing , old and new , is almost beyond the means ...
... reason why , if the neighborhood remains decent and the house is in good condition , that it should not rent for just about the same as a new house , and the result is that the cost of housing , old and new , is almost beyond the means ...
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... reason that they cannot do it . They say that public housing would compete with them . It does not compete with them because they cannot possibly construct houses for people in the lower income groups , and what happened in 1925 is ...
... reason that they cannot do it . They say that public housing would compete with them . It does not compete with them because they cannot possibly construct houses for people in the lower income groups , and what happened in 1925 is ...
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... reason why the same principles do not apply , and for some reasons I think they ought to . HOUSING 13.
... reason why the same principles do not apply , and for some reasons I think they ought to . HOUSING 13.
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Page 449 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 83 - All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.
Page 307 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 : 30 am, pursuant to recess on yesterday, in room 301 Senate Office Building, Senator Robert F.
Page 38 - Authority that a gap of at least 20 per centum (except in the case of a displaced family or an elderly family) has been left between the upper rental limits for admission to the proposed low-rent housing and the lowest rents at which private enterprise unaided by public subsidy is providing (through new construction and available existing structures) a substantial supply of decent, safe, and sanitary housing toward meeting the need of an adequate volume thereof...
Page 24 - The policy to be followed in attaining the national housing objective hereby established shall be: (1) private enterprise shall be encouraged to serve as large a part of the total need as it can; (2) governmental assistance shall be utilized where feasible to enable private enterprise to serve more of the total need...
Page 35 - maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole...
Page 83 - The Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, is authorized to purchase any obligations of the Corporation issued hereunder, and for such purpose the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public-debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities hereafter issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of the Corporation's obligations hereunder.
Page 42 - ... without charge or at such charges as the Secretary may determine, technical services such as building plans, specifications, construction supervision and inspection, and advice and information regarding farm dwellings and other buildings. The Secretary is further authorized to conduct research and technical studies...
Page 550 - Mortgage means such a first lien upon real estate and other property as is commonly given to secure advances on, or the unpaid purchase price of, real estate under the laws of the State, district or territory in which the real estate is located, together with the credit instrument or instruments, if any, secured thereby. In any instance where an operating loss loan is involved, the term shall include both the original mortgage and the instrument securing the operating loss loan. (d) Mortgagee...
Page 459 - Home Loan Bank Board and by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation : Provided, That if the insurance of accounts is terminated in connection with such conversion, the notice and other action shall be taken as provided by law and regulations for the termination of insurance of accounts.