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Home rule cities.
Granted constitutional independence to some local units, primarily larger cities, giving them constitutional authority over their form of government and a wide range of other matters.
A state government oversees the whole state while there are local governments such as county governments and city governments.However, some state courts provided for inherent municipal powers, independent of states, under Cooley's law (providing for home rule movement)Nevertheless, Dillon's Law , the majority of state decision, provided for only the state legislature to allow powers to municipality.
"Home rule" within a state includes the choice of governmental form for the included subdivisions (counties, cities, town, and municipalities). Many states have home rule provisions of varying degrees including Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and Oregon. (see the related link)
established in 1970 under Title II of the Emergency Home Finance Act of 1970. This agency was established to strengthen the secondary markets in residential mortgages insured by the FHA or guaranteed by the Veterans' Administration