1. 1937
   1939
2. 1945
   1974

Congress passed the 1937 Housing Act, which provided public financing for low-cost housing. Some communities, such as New York City, already had programs of their own and were used as a model for the federal law.

1. provide housing for the mentally ill
   provide construction jobs
2. provide housing for the elderly
   provide needed tax revenue

One of the reasons the government passed the 1937 Housing Act was to provide jobs for construction workers who were unemployed during the Depression.

1. 1937
   1949
2. 1968
   1974

Congress passed the Housing Act of 1949 to provide subsidized housing. The law stipulated that those with very low incomes were to receive priority when it came to subsidized housing. In addition, the law enacted income limits for tenants and maximum rents for landlords.

1. school overcrowding
   racial segregation
2. decrease in crime
   increase in teen births

The situating of public housing projects, generally in the inner city, contributed to racial segregation. In many cases, local housing authorities made a deliberate decision to segregate the races by building projects for blacks and projects for whites in different neighborhoods.

1. the elderly
   low-income residents
2. the mentally ill
   working moms

Low-income residents benefit the most from Section 8, although other groups, such as veterans, those in the military and senior citizens can take advantage of the law's income guidelines.

1. Chicago
   Pittsburg
2. Boston
   New York

In 1969, Federal Judge Richard Austin ruled that the Chicago Housing Authority had intentionally chosen sites for public housing projects in order to separate the races.

1. 1937
   1945
2. 1974
   1980

Congress amended the nation's housing laws in 1974 to provide a voucher program for rent subsidies. Section 8 was that part of the law that provided the subsidies.

1. 15,560
   26,750
2. 34,677
   50,675

In 1949, Congress mandated that 810,000 units of public housing be built. By 1951, only 84,000 units were constructed. Between 1957 and 1960, only 26,750 were built per year.

1. unemployment
   sit-ins
2. rent strikes
   violent clashes with police

Tenants staged rent strikes to protest high rents and the decrease in services. The strikes forced Congress to amend its housing laws, which capped rents.

1. Public Housing Authority
   Public Housing Administration
2. Public Housing Act
   Public Housing Accommodations

Some 2,400 local, state and regional agencies, known as Public Housing Authorities, run Section 8.

1. Atlanta
   Chicago
2. Philadelphia
   New York

Built in 1936, Atlanta's Techwood Homes was the first pubic housing project funded by the U.S. government.

1. elderly
   teen moms
2. mentally ill
   college students

As the government began to rethink it's high-rise public housing strategy, developers converted many of these apartments to homes for the elderly.

1. Department of the Treasury
   Department of the Interior
2. Department of Housing and Urban Development
   Department of Commerce

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is responsible for public housing in the United States. The department was formed in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society."

1. 20
   40
2. 50
   70

A Section 8 tenant does not have to spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities. The government picks up the remaining 70 percent.

1. A household that earns no more than 80 percent of national median income.
   A household that has a head of the family who is unemployed.
2. A household that earns more than 75 percent of the local median income.
   A household that earns no more than 80 percent of local median income.

The government defines "low income" as a household that earns no more than 80 percent of the local median income. The definition for "very low income" is a household that earns no more than 50 percent. "Extremely low" income is less than 30 percent.

1. 25
   35
2. 50
   60

Only about 25 percent of those who apply for Section 8 vouchers receive aid.

1. 25 percent of the local median income
   40 percent of the local median income
2. 70 percent of the local median income
   80 percent of the local median income

Federal housing assistance ends once a family's combined income is more than 80 percent of the local median income.

1. high-rises
   garden apartments
2. town houses
   single-family units

The first public housing projects built in the 1930s were small garden and walk-up apartments.

1. homeless
   working class
2. elderly
   minorities

The 1937 Housing Act originally targeted the working class, who had found themselves locked out of the labor market during the Great Depression.

1. Laws or ordinances that set the top rental price of residential housing
   Laws or ordinances that set the top rental price of commercial buildings
2. Laws or ordinances that set minimum limits for residential rent
   Laws or ordinances that set limits on the number of people in a rental unit

By law, a rent ceiling is the maximum amount a landlord can charge for a rental unit.