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jun 2, 1978 - Family Benefit: Capitalisation for housing purposes - changed

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The maximum level of capitalisation of the Family Benefit was increased from $2,000 to $3,000 and the amount of benefit available for capitalisation was increased from $1.50 to $3.00 per week.

Source: https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/about-msd/history/social-assistance-chronology-programme-history.html

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jun 2, 1978
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~ 47 years ago