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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... earmarkings to date total over $ 310,000,000 . What is an earmarking ? Perhaps it may be well for me to explain that . We observed in the early stages in this program that communities would come in and want to know whether we would ...
... earmarkings to date total over $ 310,000,000 . What is an earmarking ? Perhaps it may be well for me to explain that . We observed in the early stages in this program that communities would come in and want to know whether we would ...
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... earmarking in Illinois , if they have not any statute which enables them to take advantage of the act , and there- fore we cannot earmark in Illinois . Mr. MEEKS . Have you attempted to do so ? Mr. STRAUS . Yes , sir . Mr. MEEKS . How ...
... earmarking in Illinois , if they have not any statute which enables them to take advantage of the act , and there- fore we cannot earmark in Illinois . Mr. MEEKS . Have you attempted to do so ? Mr. STRAUS . Yes , sir . Mr. MEEKS . How ...
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... Earmarkings Loan con- outstanding tracts signed State total Indiana : Anderson .. Decatur .. Delaware County ... earmarking not included in initial loan contract . Mr. TRANSUE . Just one question in regard to the AMENDMENTS TO ...
... Earmarkings Loan con- outstanding tracts signed State total Indiana : Anderson .. Decatur .. Delaware County ... earmarking not included in initial loan contract . Mr. TRANSUE . Just one question in regard to the AMENDMENTS TO ...
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... earmarkings . We did the earmarking , and then we were accused of being slow because we had not executed any con- tracts . We did the contracts , and then we were accused of being slow because we had not paid out any money . We have ...
... earmarkings . We did the earmarking , and then we were accused of being slow because we had not executed any con- tracts . We did the contracts , and then we were accused of being slow because we had not paid out any money . We have ...
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... earmarking was made December 10. Then we got to there [ indicating on map ] , and then we get to a flat line , because we did not have the official approval of the Attorney General that we were allowed to earmark our last 200 millions ...
... earmarking was made December 10. Then we got to there [ indicating on map ] , and then we get to a flat line , because we did not have the official approval of the Attorney General that we were allowed to earmark our last 200 millions ...
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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.