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A '''housing authority''' or '''ministry of housing''' is generally a [[Government agency|governmental body]] that governs aspects of [[housing]] or (called in general "[[shelter (building)|shelter]]" or "living spaces"), often providing [[subsidies]] and low rent or free [[public housing]] to qualified people. The existence of government agencies specifically concerned with ensuring that housing is available to people living in the country is a comparatively modern development, with the first such agencies being established in U.S. cities in the 1930s, the height of the [[Great Depression]].

== Specific housing authorities ==

* [[Hong Kong Housing Authority]]
* Singapore [[Housing and Development Board]]
* [[Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government]] (UK, since 2006)
* [[Ministry of Housing and Local Government]] (UK, historic)
* [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]]
* [[United States Housing Authority]] (United States, historic)
** [[Boston Housing Authority]]
** [[Chicago Housing Authority]]
** [[Home Forward]], formerly the Housing Authority of Portland
** [[Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles]]
** [[New York City Housing Authority]]
** [[San Francisco Housing Authority]]
* [[Housing and Property Development Authority]], Nigeria
* [[Toronto Community Housing Corporation]]
* [[Department of Building and Housing (New Zealand)]], formerly the Ministry of Housing, New Zealand
* [[Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage]], Republic of Ireland
* [[Northern Ireland Housing Executive]]
* [[Ministry of Local Government Development (Malaysia)|Ministry of Local Government Development]], Malaysia

== See also ==

* [[Public housing]]
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[[Category:Housing ministries|*]]