The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2013 was introduced in the House of Representatives in February of 2013 and is presently in Committee. You can track the progress of this bill here. 1 | 2
Levittown, Pennsylvania. Levittown is a census-designated place (CDP) and planned community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The population was 52,983 at the 2010 census.[2] It is 40 feet (12 m) above sea level.
Housing Shortage. Levittown was built to provide affordable single family homes for workers in the area around Philadelphia, PA and Trenton, New Jersey, such as U.S. Steel's Fairless Works. why build levittown? There were three compelling reasons why Levittown, PA was built. 1. Troops returning home to the Philadelphia and Trenton metropolitan areas after World War II stepped into a housing crisis. Apartments were scarce and houses, when they could be found, were too expensive for veterans.