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The 1937 Housing Act of 1937, also known as the Wagner-Steagall Act, is a US federal law passed in the middle of the New Deal by the 75th United States Congress. , ruling on the creation of the United States Housing Authority, housing agency of the US Department of the Interior, and allowing the US state to subsidize states in their policy of social housing and construction of low-rent housing.
This legislation replaces the 1934 Housing Act, which established the Federal Housing Administration. These two laws are inspired by the ideals of the housers and their leader Catherine Bauer, a political group advocating for the improvement of the housing conditions of the poorest.
The two MPs behind the bill are Henry B. Steagall, elected Democrat of Alabama, and Senator Robert F. Wagner, elected from New York State.
This law has, on several occasions, been modified and improved, the most famous amendment being the addition in 1974 of Article 8, better known as "Section 8", allowing private donors to rent a house as social housing according to the conditions imposed by the US Housing Office. edit code
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