Update 1: 35th Anniversary of HUD Project Based and Voucher Section 8 Rent Assistance, and CDBG.

Update 1: Added link to House hearing report that contains 1973 HUD massive 500 page report, Housing in the Seventies.
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In my continuing "HUD Anniversary Series" let me add another biggie.

Saturday August 22th marks the 35th anniversary of THREE major HUD programs:

1. Section 8 Housing Vouchers.
2. Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance.
3. Community Development Block Grants.

These three landmark HUD programs were a creation of the Nixon administration. However, the actual legislation was signed by President Ford on August 22, 1974, just two weeks after Nixon announced his resignation. (Date was 13 months after I started working for HUD in my home town of Detroit).

Some resources:

1. President Ford's signing statement is HERE.
   
2. Public Law 93-383 summary and legislative history is HERE.
   
3. Comprehensive history of Housing certificate/voucher program evolution is HERE (I excerpted from a recent HUD draft Statement of Work for an upcoming study of Administrative Fee costs).
4. GAO report HERE from Spring 1974 INCLUDES 900 unit Experimental Housing Allowance program in Salem (this was precursor to Housing Certificate and Voucher programs).
5. From Internet Archive , House hearing record containing HUD report, Housing in the Seventies (close to 500 pages).
   

I ENCOURAGE others who have experience with the start of these programs and/or who know of links to other relevant documents to add your experience and links with the comment tool below this post. It might be particularly useful if anyone can share their experience with the Salem Experimental Housing Allowance Program or the start of the project based Section 8 or CDBG programs.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.