GEOG 251: Urban Renewal & Community Development

Started in 1974, this approach to housing and other development projects such as sewage treatment and recreation uses block grants to municipal governments, allowing them more discretion in how they use federal funds.

Community Development

Two thirds (2/3) of the funding for projects undertaken as a result of the Housing Act of 1949 came from the federal government, whereas one third (1/3) came from the municipalities. To ensure local government paid their fair share, in-kind services were not allowed to count towards that one third.

False

NINJA Loans refer to...

Home loans issued to individuals with no income, no job, and no assets

Which of the following is an approach to housing and development which the city gives a vacant house to a new owner, who promises to bring it up to code within a given period of time?

Homesteading

Previously known as Section 8 Vouchers, Housing Choice Vouchers created under the Housing and Community Development act of 1974:

Pay a portion of tenents' rents, allowing them to live in higher quality housing more affordably

HOPE VI attempts to produce mixed-income housing development by subsidizing under-market rental units and allowing developers to also sell market-rate owner-occupied housing.

True

One concern about rent control is that it may lead to disinvestment by landlords.

True

Today, discouraging tear-downs is one approach to ensuring low and moderate-income housing is available in cities and suburbs.

True

Urban renewal conducted as a result of the Housing Act of 1949 demolished more housing units than it produced.

True

Which of the following refers to a form of housing reform that began with a 1949 act and ended in 1973, intended to eliminate substandard housing, revitalize city economies, construct good housing, and reduce segregation?

Urban Renewal