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State housing agencies
New Zealand has a history of state involvement in housing that stretches back to 1894.
While organisational names have changed over time, the common theme among all Housing New Zealand's predecessors is a commitment to providing quality, affordable homes for New Zealanders.
- 1894 - State Advances Office formed
- 1923 - Housing Branch of the Labour Department merged with State Advances Office
- 1935 - Mortgage Corporation formed
- 1936 - Mortgage Corporation merged with State Advances Office to form the State Advances Corporation
- 1938 - Housing Construction Department formed, then later that year becomes Housing Division of the Ministry of Works
- 1974 - State Advances Corporation merges with Housing Division of the Ministry of Works to become Housing Corporation of New Zealand (replacing National Housing Council of New Zealand)
- 1992 - Housing Corporation of New Zealand split to form:
- Housing Corporation of New Zealand
- Housing New Zealand Ltd
- Ministry of Housing
- 1994 - Community Housing Ltd formed as a subsidiary of Housing Corporation of New Zealand
- 1998 - Portions of responsibility of Ministry of Housing transferred to Ministry of Social Policy
- 2001 - Housing Corporation of New Zealand merged with Housing New Zealand Ltd and Community Housing Ltd, together with housing policy staff from Ministry of Social Policy, to form the Housing New Zealand Corporation.
