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Congress commissions Labor Department study
Congress budgets money for a study on slum conditions in major US cities. -
Homelessness skyrockets due to depression
As the depression rages, many people become homeless as their savings are quickly wiped out. -
Housing Act of 1949
This created an 810,000 unit public housing program with the goal of housing families. -
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Congress establishes the Department of Housing and Urban Development -
National Alliance to End Homelessness Created
The National Alliance to End Homelessness, a national advocacy group is founded. -
Mckinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
First significant federal legislative response to a growing problem. It includes 15 programs, and an interagency committee. -
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998
This reformed public housing initiatives. -
Opening Doors Announced
USICH (United States Interagency Council on Homeless) releases the first comprehensive strategy to combat and eventually end homelesness in the US. It is titled Opening Doors. -
U.S. Government Supports Reducing Homelessness as Human Rights Obligation
The first time that the US government has admitted that homelessness in the US implicates its human rights obligations.