Urban Politics
Federal Urban Policy III
Aims of Federal Policy: 1
1. Coordination of urban service deliveryTransportation networks
Aims of Federal Policy: 1
• Land use planning
Aims of Federal Policy: 1
• “Quality of Life” – measures that make living in most parts of the
city safe and attractive
Aims of Federal Policy: 2
2. Promote health and welfare of citizens by controlling hazards of city life
Aims of Federal Policy: 3
• Opportunities for poor: housing, jobs, etc.
High Urban Focus
Low Urban Focus
Program Agency
Urban RenewalUrban Industrial DevelopmentPublic HousingTransportationWelfarePublic HealthCrime ControlHousing SupportsEducationIncome Tax IncentivesMilitary Spending
HUDHUDHUDDOTHSSHSSDoJHUDDOEdTreasuryDefense
Federal Urban Policy
• Keep in mind the importance of federalism as factor in shaping national urban policy
• Dillon’s Rule and cities as creatures of the state
Congress and Urban Policy
• Organization and Structure of Congress
• House of Representatives and Senate– Committee/Subcommittee– Implications?
High Urban Focus
Low Urban Focus
ProgramCongressional Committee
Urban RenewalUrban Industrial DevelopmentPublic HousingTransportationWelfarePublic HealthCrime ControlHousing SupportsEducationIncome Tax IncentivesMilitary Spending
High Urban Focus
Low Urban Focus
ProgramCongressional Committee
Urban RenewalUrban Industrial DevelopmentPublic HousingTransportationWelfarePublic HealthCrime ControlHousing SupportsEducationIncome Tax IncentivesMilitary Spending
JudiciaryBanking & Financial ServicesBanking & Financial ServicesTransportation and InfrastructureAgricultureEnergy and CommerceHomeland SecurityHouse AdministrationEducation and the WorkforceWays and MeansAppropriations/Armed Services
Congress and Urban Policy
• Scattered Bureaucratic and Scattered legislative basis of urban interests
• Impact?