At one time in the merry merry land of Oz or Australia there was plenty open space to pitch humpies everywhere and anywhere. However as time went by, more and more boat people, principally from Europe and Russia, washed ashore and took up space everywhere and anywhere. And so places of pitchment became less and less and the greedy prevented the needy from having suitable coverage.
Thus was born the South Australia Housing Trust in 1936 to provide shelter for the many unfortunate enough to live outside the patriarchal property plutocracy. The SAHT was largely accredited to the work of Thomas Playford, a SA state premier who wanted to make SA a better place for the working class who would need homes and places to live while they toiled away in the factories.
The SAHT was an official institution for seventy years but got the chop in 2006 to become the less responsible and less public HSA Housing SA organisation.
This set of web pages is mostly a gathering point for recollections about SAHT and HSA.
In particular we invite dwellers in SAHT and HSA to reveal their stories so that all may share in the agony and the ecstasy of SA public housing.
Thus was born the South Australia Housing Trust in 1936 to provide shelter for the many unfortunate enough to live outside the patriarchal property plutocracy. The SAHT was largely accredited to the work of Thomas Playford, a SA state premier who wanted to make SA a better place for the working class who would need homes and places to live while they toiled away in the factories.
The SAHT was an official institution for seventy years but got the chop in 2006 to become the less responsible and less public HSA Housing SA organisation.
This set of web pages is mostly a gathering point for recollections about SAHT and HSA.
In particular we invite dwellers in SAHT and HSA to reveal their stories so that all may share in the agony and the ecstasy of SA public housing.
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