OMNIBUS HOUSING ACT AUGUST 1965 OMNIBUS HOUSING ACT U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION IN AUGUST 1965 PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON SIGNED THE OMNIBUS HOUSING ACT INTO LAW IT WAS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING LEGISLATION EVER PASSED THE ACT EXTENDED THE GOVERNMENT FUNDED PUBLIC HOUSING PROVIDED BY THE HOUSING ACT OF 1961 THIS NEW ACT PROVIDED MORE MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOUSING FOR LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES AND OFFERED GRANTS FOR URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS IT ALSO ESTABLISHED NEW PROGRAMS OF RENT SUPPLEMENTS TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES THE RENT SUPPLEMENT PLAN WAS CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS BOTH OBJECTED TO THE DEFINITION OF A QUALIFIED FAMILY THE PASSING OF THE OMNIBUS HOUSING ACT WAS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY THE CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT HUD
