AICP Exam Prep With Both Questions
And Answers
Public Health Movement - Answer - The second half of the 1800's was the time of what type of housing
movement?
Model Tenement - Answer - 1855; first tenement of its kind
Built in New York City
Dumbbell Tenement - Answer - was built in 1879; This form of housing was built throughout New York
City but often had poor lighting, little air, and little space.
Tenement Housing Act of 1867 - Answer - New York City pass this ordinance required new tenement
buildings to provide a narrow air shaft between adjacent structures, windows that open into the shaft,
two toilets on each floor, and a one square yard window in each room.
This represented the first major housing code in the United States.
Jacob Riis - Answer - who published in 1890 "How the Other Half Lives" which highlighted the plight of
the poor in New York.
Tenement House Law of 1901 - Answer - City of New York outlawed dumbbell tenements. The new
housing code was vigorously enforced by the City. The City required inspection and permits for
construction and alterations. It also required wide light and air areas between buildings and toilets and
running water in each apartment unit. New buildings must be built with outward-facing windows in
every room, an open courtyard, proper ventilation systems, indoor toilets, and fire safeguards.
Neighborhood Unit Concept - Answer - Clarence Perry in 1920 defined as part of the New York Regional
Plan. A neighborhood based on a five minute walking radius. At the center is a school. Each
neighborhood is approximately 160 acres.
, Public Works Administration (PWA) - Answer - created in 1934. Provided 85 percent of the cost of
public housing projects. This represented the first federally supported public housing program. How the
Great Depression was combated.
National Housing Act - Answer - passed by Congress in 1934. It established the Federal Housing
Administration with the purpose of insuring home mortgages.
Resettlement Administration - Answer - in 1935, used New Deal funds to develop new towns.
Greendale, WI, Greenhills, OH, and Greenbelt, MD, are all in existence today. In addition, 99 other
communities were planned.
U.S. Housing Act - Answer - in 1937, provided $500 million in home loans for the development of low-
cost housing. This Act tied slum clearance to public housing.
Serviceman's Readjustment Act - Answer - in 1944, commonly known as the GI Bill, guaranteed home
loans to veterans. The result was the rapid development of suburbs.
Housing Act of 1949 - Answer - was the first comprehensive housing legislation passed. The Act called
for the construction of 800,000 new housing units and emphasized slum clearance.
Housing Act of 1954 - Answer - called for slum prevention and urban renewal. The Act provided funding
for planning for cities under 25,000 population. The 701 funds were later expanded to allow for
statewide, interstate, and regional planning.
Housing Act of 1959 - Answer - made federal matching funds available for comprehensive planning at
the metropolitan, regional, state, and interstate levels.
Housing Act of 1961 - Answer - provided interest subsidies to nonprofit organizations, limited-dividend
corporations, cooperatives, and public agencies for the construction of public housing projects for low
and moderate income families to rent.
And Answers
Public Health Movement - Answer - The second half of the 1800's was the time of what type of housing
movement?
Model Tenement - Answer - 1855; first tenement of its kind
Built in New York City
Dumbbell Tenement - Answer - was built in 1879; This form of housing was built throughout New York
City but often had poor lighting, little air, and little space.
Tenement Housing Act of 1867 - Answer - New York City pass this ordinance required new tenement
buildings to provide a narrow air shaft between adjacent structures, windows that open into the shaft,
two toilets on each floor, and a one square yard window in each room.
This represented the first major housing code in the United States.
Jacob Riis - Answer - who published in 1890 "How the Other Half Lives" which highlighted the plight of
the poor in New York.
Tenement House Law of 1901 - Answer - City of New York outlawed dumbbell tenements. The new
housing code was vigorously enforced by the City. The City required inspection and permits for
construction and alterations. It also required wide light and air areas between buildings and toilets and
running water in each apartment unit. New buildings must be built with outward-facing windows in
every room, an open courtyard, proper ventilation systems, indoor toilets, and fire safeguards.
Neighborhood Unit Concept - Answer - Clarence Perry in 1920 defined as part of the New York Regional
Plan. A neighborhood based on a five minute walking radius. At the center is a school. Each
neighborhood is approximately 160 acres.
, Public Works Administration (PWA) - Answer - created in 1934. Provided 85 percent of the cost of
public housing projects. This represented the first federally supported public housing program. How the
Great Depression was combated.
National Housing Act - Answer - passed by Congress in 1934. It established the Federal Housing
Administration with the purpose of insuring home mortgages.
Resettlement Administration - Answer - in 1935, used New Deal funds to develop new towns.
Greendale, WI, Greenhills, OH, and Greenbelt, MD, are all in existence today. In addition, 99 other
communities were planned.
U.S. Housing Act - Answer - in 1937, provided $500 million in home loans for the development of low-
cost housing. This Act tied slum clearance to public housing.
Serviceman's Readjustment Act - Answer - in 1944, commonly known as the GI Bill, guaranteed home
loans to veterans. The result was the rapid development of suburbs.
Housing Act of 1949 - Answer - was the first comprehensive housing legislation passed. The Act called
for the construction of 800,000 new housing units and emphasized slum clearance.
Housing Act of 1954 - Answer - called for slum prevention and urban renewal. The Act provided funding
for planning for cities under 25,000 population. The 701 funds were later expanded to allow for
statewide, interstate, and regional planning.
Housing Act of 1959 - Answer - made federal matching funds available for comprehensive planning at
the metropolitan, regional, state, and interstate levels.
Housing Act of 1961 - Answer - provided interest subsidies to nonprofit organizations, limited-dividend
corporations, cooperatives, and public agencies for the construction of public housing projects for low
and moderate income families to rent.
