Scope and Content: Beginning in 1911, a Homestead Commission studied how to improve housing for the urban working class.  From 1917 to 1919 (after which the function was placed in the Dept. of Public Welfare) it had the power to acquire and sell suburban homesteads to relieve urban congestion.  Minutes document decisions and actions at meetings of the commission.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Includes minutes of 42nd through 84th meetings
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