13 avr. 1973 - Eligibility to state housing: Points system - starts

Description:

Faced with a growing number of applications for state housing, the income limit (introduced in 1950) was replaced with a points system to determine eligibility. The points system with a possible 100 points included:
• existing accommodation (up to 30 points);
• rent as a percentage of income (up to 30 points);
• income of the family up to $80 per week (up to 15 points, and diminishing proportionately for income in excess of $80 per week);
• health of the family where affected by existing housing conditions (up to 10 points);
• time spent in poor accommodation (up to 5 points); and
• other pertinent factors (up to 10 points).
Current accommodation and the rent-income ratio now took precedence over the traditional income limit.
Applicants who scored less than 30 out of a possible 100 points were lapsed from the state housing waiting list. Between 1973 and February 1975 this resulted in the 3,000 people being removed from the waiting list on the grounds that they had no chance of a tenancy in the foreseeable future.

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