By the time we see them, they are at risk of joining the record number of unhoused people in the United States. As part of the New Deal, the United States created the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation and the Federal Housing Administration. The New Deal also launched public housing efforts via the Public Works Administration, which built over fifty public housing projects across the country. A few years later, the United States Housing Act of 1937 established a permanent federal framework for public housing through the United States Housing Authority, providing subsidies to local agencies for building and operating public housing specifically for low-income families. Public housing projects were again on the rise during this period, with many famous federally funded projects being erected in cities across the country.