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Description

This house in Linton Street was one of five established around New Zealand in 1978 under the Government’s Emergency Housing Scheme. The house was bought by the Housing Corporation and leased at a nominal rent to the Palmerston North City Council, who supervised the house and allocated temporary tenancies to homeless families.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection bur 118
Date
March 23, 1978
Digitisation ID
2010N_Bur118_3195
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
brick,
building,
buildings,
dwelling,
home,
photographs,
residence,
shelter,
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