Daily Archives: 3. 4. 1937

1937 – National Housing Act passed in the United States

The Housing Act of 1937 (Act) is a federal legislation of the United States that provided for subsidies to be paid from the United States government to local public housing agencies in order to improve living conditions for low-income families. The Act is sometimes referred to as the Wagner-Steagall Act or the Low-Rent Housing Act.…

1937 – Creation of the National Association of Sanitarians.

In 1937, the members voted to disband CAS and form the National Association of Sanitarians (NAS), which is now known as NEHA. NAS was incorporated under the laws of the state of California on November 5, 1937. The first president of the new national organization was Herbert A. Jewlett, the last president of the disbanded…