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FDR: The Housing Corporation is authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, or by exercise of the power of eminent…

On the recordNovember 28, 1933
The Housing Corporation is authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, or by exercise of the power of eminent domain, any real or personal property in connection with the construction of any such project.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Executive Order 6470—Designating and Establishing the Public Works Emergency Housing Corporation as an Agency Under Title II...

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