LBJ's Great Society programs. President Lyndon Johnson shakes HUD Secretary, Robert Weaver, after signing of the Housing and

LBJ's Great Society programs. President Lyndon Johnson shakes HUD Secretary, Robert Weaver, after signing of the Housing and

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LBJ's Great Society programs. President Lyndon Johnson shakes HUD Secretary, Robert Weaver, after signing of the Housing and Urban Development Act. The legislation expanded federal housing programs, provided rent subsidies for the elderly and disabled; housing grants to poor homeowners; and provisions for veterans mortgages. Aug. 10, 1965.