In the 1950's the federal government began an urban renewal program mainly to?

Urban renewal, which is generally called urban regeneration revitalization" in the United States, is aprogram of land redevelopment in areas of moderate to high density urban land use. Renewal has had both successes and failures. Its modern incarnation began in the late 19th century in developed nations The Housing Act of 1949 kick-started the "urban renewal" program that .