1. Education, Housing, and Transportation

2. How should the government promote or protect education?

3. Education Federal Aid to Education
Most of the funding for education comes at the local level
Federal government contributions to public schools:
Free and Reduced Lunch
Title I
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
No Child Left Behind/Race to the Top

4. Education Federal government contributions to Higher Education:
Student Aid (FAFSA)
GI Bill

5. Housing and Urban Programs
What should the government do to promote Housing?

6. Housing and Urban Programs
Housing Policy
Government first becomes involved in housing during the Great Depression
Federally funded loan programs allowed home owners and farmers to keep their land if they could not pay their mortgages in the short term
Housing Act of 1949 was passed to try to increase the ability of Americans to purchase homes

7. Housing and Urban Programs
Promoting Home Buying and Building
Federal Housing Administration was set up to guarantee banks and other private lenders against losses on loans they make that are for building or buying homes
The Department of Housing and Urban Development also insures loans for people of lower income who do not qualify for other loans
Rent assistance is also federally funded

8. Housing and Urban Programs
Urban Renewal
The federal government funds many projects to clean up decaying parts of cities to spur growth
Public Housing Programs
Since 1937 the federal government has given aid to local governments to construct and operate public housing for low income families
In the 70s, the program was halted, but was reintroduced in the 1990s

9. Transportation Programs
What should the government do with transportation?

10. Transportation Programs
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
45,000 miles of interstate
Now over 161,000 miles of highway