The Housing Act Of 1937: An Analysis

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Public housing was first introduced on the federal level with the passing of the Housing Act of 1937 (Stoloff 1). The Act granted subsidies for low-income families to live in local public housing facilities at the expense of the government, creating the United States Housing Authority. Today, the department is called the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Act’s subsidy program is more commonly known as “Section 8.” The primary intention of the Act was to improve living conditions of low-income families and to provide affordable housing for workers who were struggling during the Depression (1). As Jennifer Stoloff describes in her article which overviews the history of public housing, the government never