Displacement and relocation needs for present and future highway programs. Paper presented at the Conference “Relocation : social and economic aspects” held October 1-3, 1969.

A limited program of specific relocation assistance was authorized in the 1962 Federal Aid Highway Act. This relocation assistance program was upgraded six years later in the 1968 Federal Aid Highway Act. The Congress provided legislative authority and funding unprecedented among public works programs for the compensation of highway displaces of all kinds.