Albert McKinley Rains; Congressman Who Authored Housing Laws

Albert McKinley Rains, 89, the former Alabama congressman who wrote some of the nation’s most important housing laws during two decades in Congress. Rains was elected to Congress in 1944 as a Democrat, representing northern Alabama’s 5th District. He retired in 1965. As chairman of the House special housing subcommittee, he wrote most of the housing bills passed during his tenure, including bills for expanded programs under the Federal Housing Administration, college housing, urban renewal and development programs. His work included housing legislation dealing with the elderly, nursing homes, the military and rural programs. On Friday in Gadsden, Ala.