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feb 23, 1975 - State House sales - stops

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Faced with a waiting list of around 16,000 for state housing and accelerating house sales, the Government curtailed the state house sales programme. Between 1957 and 1975, around 27,000 state houses had been sold.

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

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feb 23, 1975
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~ 50 years ago