Federal aid conditioned local housing codes on workable anti-slum programs

Evidence

The enactment of new housing codes has been encouraged by provisions in Title III of the Federal Housing Act of 1954, under which federal aid for local slum clearance projects is conditioned on the existence in the locality of “a workable program” for the revention and elimination of slums. The act provides that, in granting advances for preliminary work, the administrator should consider, among other factors, the existence of “codes and regulations relating to * * * standards of health, sanitation, and safety for buildings * * *.” The effectiveness of housing codes depends upon the formulation of adequate minimum standards, which are practical and constitutional, and upon the satisfactory solution of problems of enforcement and administration. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 227

Categorization

• XREF: Conditional federal funding as a compliance lever connects to spending-power and incentive doctrines central to law-and-institutions material. — connects to: Complaint-based housing enforcement shifts to proactive area-wide inspections — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 154; Federal housing programs institutionalized residential segregation through redlining and demolition — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 1196; Rebuilt housing architecture fixed and made permanent a codified social hierarchy (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Housing quality incentives depend on neighborhood character, demanding area-based planning #expands (0.82) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 408
• A single housing code standard cannot serve both slums and conservation areas #expands (0.78) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 236
• Tenement housing laws could not overcome underlying urban poverty #qualifies (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2651
• Federal housing programs institutionalized residential segregation through redlining and demolition #complicates (0.72) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 1196
• Rebuilt housing architecture fixed and made permanent a codified social hierarchy #complicates (0.72)