Departmental Papers (City and Regional Planning)
Document Type
Conference Paper
Date of this Version
October 1999
Abstract
The Housing and Slum Clearance Act of 1949 transformed the planning profession. It had profound effects in six areas: the demand for planners, the exercise of planning techniques, the planners' self-image, the trappings of the profession, professional qualifying standards and the field's ability to adapt to changing circumstances. In the end, the single most important effect of the Act was its confirming in planners the desire to make the environment a better place.
Date Posted: 10 July 2007
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Presented at Fannie Mae Conference on the Legacy of the 1949 Housing Act, October 1999, 22 pages.