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      • to rehabilitate neighborhoods in the United States was the federal urban renewal and slum clearance program enacted by Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. This program subsidized the clearance of blighted urban areas, and the vacant lots were subsequently sold to private developers for redevelopment.
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  2. The Housing Act of 1949 marked the official birth of the federal Urban Renewal Program. This act established the Title I program, which provided federal grants to local governments for slum clearance and redevelopment.

    • What is the federal urban renewal and slum clearance program?1
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  3. ABSTRACT. We study the local effects of a federal program that helped cities clear areas for redevelopment, rehabilitate structures, complete city plans, and enforce building codes.

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    • William J Collins, Katharine L Shester
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  4. Slum Clearance and Urban Renewal in the United States1. By William J. Collins and Katharine L. Shester* We study the local effects of a federal program that helped cities clear areas for redevelopment , rehabilitate structures , complete city plans , and enforce building codes.

  5. Slum clearance in the United States has been used as an urban renewal strategy to regenerate derelict or run-down districts, often to be replaced with alternative developments or new housing.

  6. This paper analyzes the federal urban renewal and slum clearance program. This pro-gram was enacted by Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 and was one of the largest and most controversial policies used to rehabilitate neighborhoods in the United States.

  7. We study the local effects of a federal program that helped cities clear areas for redevelopment, rehabilitate structures, complete city plans, and enforce building codes. We use an instrumental variable strategy to estimate the program's effects on city-level measures of income, property values, employment and poverty rates, and population.

  8. For a quarter century, the federal government provided funding for cities large and small to raze "blighted" or "slum" neighborhoods. Though improved housing opportunities was the ostensible goal, over time, cities used federal funds to stimulate commercial and industrial redevelopment.