History
Urban sprawl seems to be a recent development, but it actually began back in 1908 when the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges met for the first time in Chicago. From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, cities in the US were maturing, growing, and expanding outward. Richard T. Ely founded land use economics around this time, and because of this, brokers strived to make integrity and ethics a part of their daily lives. One of these brokers who valued accountability as well as prime city planning was a man by the name of William W. Hannan, who wrote for the National Real Estate Journal. in 1918, Hannan wrote a licensing law that was ratified at that year's real estate convention and was serving as the model for most states by 1950.
In October of 1929, the collapse of America's economy had a lot to do with how much of an impact real estate had on banking and how the housing market was planned out too much. Five years later, because of the realtors' decreasing reputation from the Great Depression, they collaborated with President Hoover to make the National Housing Act of 1934. This act brought about many pushes for people to become homeowners and proposed a combination of loan discounts, mortgages, and safe neighborhoods.
By the 1940s, Washington leaders were keeping the flame of the US Housing Authority burning. The Authority's goal was to give the lower middle class a permanent place to live. This helped to expand suburban areas before they transformed into sprawl. After World War II ended, during the time of the New Deal, a gigantic housing boom took place. The density in the suburbs decreased, property sizes increased, family sizes decreased, and the population increased, causing areas of urban sprawl to increase in size. Real estate collaborated with the government to help grow the economy, which resulted in more and more people moving to Suburbia. The largest rates of urban sprawl took place from the late '40s to the '50s.
In the last few decades, the sprawl rate is slowing and populations in urban areas are becoming denser. People who are against urban sprawl (such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation) have voiced their opinions against it by arguing that sprawl is poorly developed and resources have been used too quickly. Researchers say that some variables currently involved in the debate over sprawl include transit, zoning laws, mortgages (especially sub-prime ones), and housing subsidies. Despite these arguments, sprawl has played a key role in the growth of all American cities ever since the first development of urban areas.
In October of 1929, the collapse of America's economy had a lot to do with how much of an impact real estate had on banking and how the housing market was planned out too much. Five years later, because of the realtors' decreasing reputation from the Great Depression, they collaborated with President Hoover to make the National Housing Act of 1934. This act brought about many pushes for people to become homeowners and proposed a combination of loan discounts, mortgages, and safe neighborhoods.
By the 1940s, Washington leaders were keeping the flame of the US Housing Authority burning. The Authority's goal was to give the lower middle class a permanent place to live. This helped to expand suburban areas before they transformed into sprawl. After World War II ended, during the time of the New Deal, a gigantic housing boom took place. The density in the suburbs decreased, property sizes increased, family sizes decreased, and the population increased, causing areas of urban sprawl to increase in size. Real estate collaborated with the government to help grow the economy, which resulted in more and more people moving to Suburbia. The largest rates of urban sprawl took place from the late '40s to the '50s.
In the last few decades, the sprawl rate is slowing and populations in urban areas are becoming denser. People who are against urban sprawl (such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation) have voiced their opinions against it by arguing that sprawl is poorly developed and resources have been used too quickly. Researchers say that some variables currently involved in the debate over sprawl include transit, zoning laws, mortgages (especially sub-prime ones), and housing subsidies. Despite these arguments, sprawl has played a key role in the growth of all American cities ever since the first development of urban areas.
Urban sprawl in 1961 A stereotypical family in urban sprawl