{"product_id":"sweat-equity-cooperative-house-building-in-newfoundland-1920-1974-paperback-softback-9781894725347","title":"Sweat Equity; Cooperative House-Building in Newfoundland, 1920-1974 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781894725347","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSweat Equity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCooperative House-Building in Newfoundland, 1920-1974\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781894725347\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 August 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e438 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 7.6 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Two decades and more have been invested in this project... The result is a clearly written, tightly presented, and extensively referenced account\" - L. J. Evenden, \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Geographer\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"An impeccably detailed chronicle of the rise of Newfoundland's housing cooperatives... \u003ci\u003eSweat Equity\u003c\/i\u003e should be required reading for the many individuals and groups interested in taking a different approach to house building.\" - Iqbal Hamiduddin, \u003ci\u003ePlanning Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe lack of decent urban housing — a problem neither new nor unique to Newfoundland — was widely recognized during the twentieth century. After numerous piecemeal attempts to find a solution, a remarkable and successful government-supported \"sweat equity\" program was established in 1952, where homes were built cooperatively and, upon completion, became owner-occupied. This labor (about 2,000 hours per man) was accepted in lieu of a down payment. Tracing public policy during the Commission of Government and the early days of the Smallwood administration, and sourced from archival material and interviews with surviving members of the cooperatives, Sweat Equity outlines how people in Newfoundland tried to solve the housing shortage themselves by building more than 500 houses in the 1950s and 1960s. This critical monograph-length study — the first of its kind on the subject — is the story of how the Commission of Government and the then new provincial government recognized the desperate need for decent accommodation and what they did to provide it.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"ISER Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52637893853464,"sku":"9781894725347","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sweat-equity-cooperative-house-building-in-newfoundland-1920-1974-paperback-softback-9781894725347","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}