Resettlement Administration
Resettlement Administration poster by Bernarda Bryson Shahn (c. 1936) | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | May 1, 1935 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Dissolved | September 1, 1937 |
| Superseding agency | |
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The Resettlement Administration (RA) was a New Deal U.S. federal agency created May 1, 1935. It relocated struggling urban and rural families to communities planned by the federal government. On September 1, 1937, it was succeeded by the Farm Security Administration.