Amendments to United States Housing Act of 1937: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, House of Representatives, Seventy-Fifth Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 10663 (superseding H.R. 10417) a Bill to Amend the United States Housing Act of 1937. April 28, May 2, 3, 4, 5, 1938U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938 - 150 pages |
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... Goldsborough presiding . Other members of the committee present : Mr. Reilly ; Mr. Williams ; Mr. Spence , Mr ... GOLDSBOROUGH . The committee will come to order . Gentlemen , we have before us this morning H. R. 10417 , a bill to ...
... Goldsborough presiding . Other members of the committee present : Mr. Reilly ; Mr. Williams ; Mr. Spence , Mr ... GOLDSBOROUGH . The committee will come to order . Gentlemen , we have before us this morning H. R. 10417 , a bill to ...
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... GOLDSBOROUGH . Just proceed in your own way , and take your own time , please . STATEMENT OF HON . NATHAN STRAUS , ADMINISTRATOR , UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY Mr. STRAUS . Thank you , sir . Let me say in the first place that I find ...
... GOLDSBOROUGH . Just proceed in your own way , and take your own time , please . STATEMENT OF HON . NATHAN STRAUS , ADMINISTRATOR , UNITED STATES HOUSING AUTHORITY Mr. STRAUS . Thank you , sir . Let me say in the first place that I find ...
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... GOLDSBOROUGH . Certainly . Mr. MCKEOUGH . Are those the projects that you took over from the housing section of the P. W. A. , or new construction ? Mr. STRAUS . No ; I am not discussing them at any time . These are entirely new ...
... GOLDSBOROUGH . Certainly . Mr. MCKEOUGH . Are those the projects that you took over from the housing section of the P. W. A. , or new construction ? Mr. STRAUS . No ; I am not discussing them at any time . These are entirely new ...
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... GOLDSBOROUGH . Is it in the nature of a gentleman's agreement ? Mr. STRAUS . Exactly ; that we will set aside these ... GOLDSBOROUGH . Mr. Straus , would you prefer to complete your statement before you are questioned , because- Mr ...
... GOLDSBOROUGH . Is it in the nature of a gentleman's agreement ? Mr. STRAUS . Exactly ; that we will set aside these ... GOLDSBOROUGH . Mr. Straus , would you prefer to complete your statement before you are questioned , because- Mr ...
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... GOLDSBOROUGH . I was probably out when you said it , but why is that ? Why are the local contributions higher than they are supposed to be ? Mr. STRAUS . I suppose that it is a matter of explaining to the localities how they would ...
... GOLDSBOROUGH . I was probably out when you said it , but why is that ? Why are the local contributions higher than they are supposed to be ? Mr. STRAUS . I suppose that it is a matter of explaining to the localities how they would ...
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Page 110 - ... the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin, or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States...
Page 59 - No member of or delegate to the Congress of the United States of America...
Page 57 - Act shall be available solely for families whose net income at the time of admission does not exceed five times the rental (including the value or cost to them of heat, light, water, and cooking fuel) of the dwellings to be furnished such families, except that in the case of families with three or more minor dependents, such ratio shall not exceed six to one. "(2) The term 'families of low income...
Page 4 - ... (b) A loan pursuant to this title shall be secured in such manner...
Page 5 - The faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment of all annual contributions contracted for pursuant to this section, and there is hereby authorized to be appropriated in each fiscal year, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amounts necessary to provide for such payments.
Page 110 - SEC. 20. (a) The Authority is authorized to issue obligations, in the form of notes, bonds, or otherwise, which it may sell to obtain funds for the purposes of this Act. The Authority may issue such obligations in an amount not to exceed...
Page 98 - ... Slum areas are the breeding places of disease which take toll not only from denizens, but, by spread, from the inhabitants of the entire city and state. Juvenile delinquency, crime, and immorality are there born, find protection, and flourish. Enormous economic loss results directly from the necessary expenditure of public funds to maintain health and hospital services for afflicted slum dwellers, and to war against crime and immorality. Indirectly there is an equally heavy capital loss and a...
Page 110 - Such obligations shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed both as to interest and principal by the United States, and such guaranty shall be expressed on the face thereof...
Page 110 - Authority may make loans to public-housing agencies to assist the development, acquisition, or administration of low-rent-housing or slum-clearance projects by such agencies. Where capital grants are made pursuant to section 11 the total amount of such loans outstanding on any one project and in which the Authority participates shall not exceed the development or acquisition cost of such project less all such capital grants, but in no event shall said loans exceed 90 per centum of such cost. In the...
Page 110 - Such loans shall bear interest at such rate not less than the going Federal rate at the time the loan is made, plus one-half of one per centum, shall be secured in such manner, and shall be repaid within such period not exceeding sixty years, as may be deemed advisable by the Authority.