2010 Event The U.S. Senate investigates Goldman Sachs, finding that they made billions of dollars at the expense of clients during the housing market collapse 1994 Death Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53 1985 Event Yonkers is found guilty of segregating schools and housing 1977 Death Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide 1976 Event Patricia R. Harris named secretary of Housing and Urban Development 1968 Event Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1965 Event House of Representatives joins Senate establish Department of Housing and Urban Develop 1964 Event Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project 1959 Event Citizens of Deerfield, Illinois block building of interracial housing 1957 Event New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1953 Event Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago 1951 Event New York City passes bill prohibiting racism in city-assisted housing 1946 Birthday Anthony Mayer, chief executive, Housing Corporation 1944 Birthday Enneus Heerma, Dutch minister of Housing, CDA 1941 Birthday George Young, MP/British minister of housing and planning 1937 Event U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act 1935 Birthday Jack Kemp, born in Los Angeles, California, Representative-R-New York 1971 - 1989, U.S. Secretary of Housing, 1989 - 1993 1933 Birthday Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist/minister of Housing, D66 1907 Birthday George W. Romney, Gov-R-Michigan, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969 - 1973 1902 Event Building begins on Dutch public housing 1765 Event Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers
