The United States government __________.

1. like most Western nations has long been involved in the direct support of housing
2. became permanently involved in the question of housing during the Depression of the 1930s
3. Has never been involved in any way with housing

The purpose for the creation of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) was __________.

1. to create low income housing
2. to insure home loans
3. to encourage middle-class movement into the inner city
4. All of the above

FHA subsidies had the effect of subsidizing white suburbanization

1. True
2. False

The practice of refusing to make loans in minority or mixed race areas is called __________.

1. racial covenants
2. intrusion
3. redlining
4. rent control

The Housing Act of 1949 provided for the use of public funds to buy, clear and improve land in the central city and then give ownership back to the private sector.       

1. True
2. False

The greatest, most glaring weakness of urban renewal programs was __________.

1. the slow pace of rebuilding
2. the poor quality of sites
3. the displacement of low income families

Urban renewal programs have __________.

1. generally included considerable public housing
2. had a mixed record of success and failure
3. been a total disaster

According to the text, the most glaring weakness of urban renewal programs in the United States was that they displaced large numbers of low-income families without adequate provision for their relocation.

1. True
2. False

The 1968 Fair Housing Act __________.

1. provided for urban redevelopment
2. put the government into the housing business
3. declared racial covenants illegal
4. was designed to hold middle-class families in the city

Government housing policies of the 1940s and 1950s encouraged racial integration and fair housing.       

1. True
2. False

The Section 8 Program has largely replaced public housing programs.

1. True
2. False

Regarding growth control, the text claims that, to date, __________.

1. given recent court decisions it is now possible for towns to ban all growth
2. municipal zoning and other techniques to control growth have been very effective
3. only a limited number of environmentally active communities have actually tried to stop growth
4. the vast majority of Americans support “no growth”

Approximately ______ of young males aged 18–24 live at home with their parents.

1. 11 percent
2. 21 percent
3. 41 percent
4. 61 percent

As a result of uncontrolled urban sprawl, the average US driver spends the equivalent of __________ eight-hour workdays behind the wheel each year.

1. 25
2. 35
3. 45
4. 55

In the 1950s, the average 30-year-old male worker could carry a mortgage on a medium-priced home for 14 percent of his gross earnings. Thirty years later, it would take __________ percent of his earnings to do so.

1. 7
2. 21
3. 30
4. 44

Smart growth assumes that low-density suburbs sprawl and “leapfrog” development is inevitable.

1. True
2. False

Population growth in the Los Angeles region during the next 10 years will

1. grow
2. declined
3. remain about the same
4. it is too difficult to predict

The average size of the average home in the U.S. since 1950 has

1. grown
2. declined
3. remained about the same
4. it is too difficult to know

Which of the following policies can help to alleviate urban sprawl

1. mixed-use development
2. transportation oriented development
3. High density housing
4. all of the above

The term smart growth covers a variety of efforts to shape growth so sprawl is limited.

1. True
2. False