apr 1, 1910 - Workers Dwelling Act - passed

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Hoping to reinvigorate the Workers Dwelling scheme, in 1910 the government successfully backed a new Workers’ Dwelling Bill, which allowed for workers who wished to own their homes rather than rent them. The state would build a landless urban worker his own house on a mere £10 deposit. This sig‑nalled the end of the Liberals’ state-housing programme. Occupants could still rent or lease their homes, but the state favoured those who were willing to buy. The creeping privatisation of the workers’ dwellings was completed when William Massey’s conservative Reform government sold the remaining state-housing stock.

Source: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/state-housing/

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