Annual George Story Lecture – Housing in Newfoundland: A Century of Problems, Solutions, and Unintended Consequences
Chris Sharpe & Jo Shawyer
April 27, 2023
Urban Newfoundland struggled with housing problems during the 20th century: both a lack of houses and the burden of poor-quality houses. In 1944, the St John’s Housing Corporation (SJHC) was established by the city and the Commission of Government to build a garden suburb and perhaps do away with the poor-quality houses in the inner… Read More