Title: suburbia - 1950's
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Content: That included finding and buying a house for the family to live in. The suburbs became a big thing again with real-estate organizations selling lots with several different styles of houses built on them. Returning veterans received low-payment, better lending rates and long-term mortgages if they bought a home. These offers were encouraged by the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration. One of the most famous early suburbs was Levittown. This suburb was located east of New York City. It was developed by a man named William Levitt and his brother and father. They owned a firm that, by the summer of 1951, had built 17,447 homes in this so called Levittown. Levitt and sons also included schools, stores, parks and a community center in Levittown. The houses in the town were constructed very similarly to each other.