President Lyndon Johnson established the Department of Housing and Urban Development in a quest to counteract the effect of poverty in the country. This was instituted in the Housing Act of 1954 which was aimed at developing urban renewal sites for displaced families as well as low-income families.
President Johnson developed the Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the Great Society Program and it was founded as a cabinet program on September 9, 1965. The department is under the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Another related legislation to this is the Housing Act of 1949 which is aimed at eradicating slums in the communities.
