may 18, 1936 - State Housing Scheme - starts
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In the 1936 Budget, the Government launched the state housing scheme. It was announced that 5,000 state houses would be built. The government intended not only to provide housing, but to stimulate jobs and manufacturing with the construction of the houses, which were to be built from New Zealand materials as far as possible.
The Department of Housing Construction was established as a branch of the State Advances Corporation. The Department was under the control of a Director who was not responsible to the Board of the State Advances Corporation, but instead to the Minister in Charge of Housing, acting for the Minister of Finance.
Between March 1937 and April 1975 77,231 dwelling units were completed and handed over to the State Advances Corporation for rental purposes. Of these, approximately 50 percent were completed during the 15 years ending 31 March 1952 and during this period state house completions represented around 20 percent of the annual rate of housing construction.
Source: https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/about-msd/history/social-assistance-chronology-programme-history.html
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