 USHA poster, 1940s | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1940 |
| Dissolved | Abolished pursuant to the Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1947 |
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| Parent department | United States Department of the Interior |
| Parent agency | Moved under the National Housing Authority of the Federal Works Agency and redesignated as the Federal Public Housing Authority on February 24, 1942 |
| Key document | |
The United States Housing Authority, or USHA, was a federal agency created during 1937 within the United States Department of the Interior by the Housing Act of 1937 as part of the New Deal.
It was designed to lend money to the states or communities for low-cost construction.