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Title

Interdepartmental Committee on Housing [textual record]. 

Arrangement structure

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Series part of

Department of Finance fonds [textual record, cartographic material, architectural drawing] (R200-0-9-E)

Bilingual equivalent

Comité interministériel sur le logement [document textuel]

Date(s)

1942-1946

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

0.60 m of textual records.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Series consists of records created and maintained by the Interdepartmental Committee on Housing. The records include correspondence, minutes, surveys, and reports. These records have become a part of the Department of Finance fonds because of the department's role as a central agency whose terms of reference extend to financial matters across all government activities. The series also contains records that were formerly arranged as part of RG35-4. These records include the following: organization files; correspondence related to education and taxation problems, the Residential Construction Survey, and the Wartime Housing Limited; a report of the Research and Statistics Branch; and minutes of meetings of the Committee.

Conditions of access

Textual records
90: Open
Volume
1
90: Open
Textual records
90: Open
Volume
2
90: Open
Textual records
90: Open
Volume
from 4017 to 4018
90: Open
Archival reference no.
R200-120-8-E
Former archival reference no.
RG19-E-5-j
RG35-4

Terms of use

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Finding aid

Textual records The finding aid consist of volume number, title and outside dates. 19-159 90 (Paper)

Creator / Provenance

Interdepartmental Committee on Housing (Canada)

Biography / Administrative history

The Interdepartmental Committee on Housing was established as a postwar effort to provide houses to Canadians. The Committee was brought into existence by Order in Council (P.C. 3409, 10 May 1945) and amended by (P.C. 7484, 28 December 1945). Its function was the co-ordination of government activities in the field of housing particularly during the immediate post war housing shortage. During the Second World War housing construction was not a priority, but after the end of the conflict there was an urgent need for new houses due partially to Rehabilitation Measures for soldiers. The Committee was responsible to both the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Reconstruction and Supply. It was dissolved by Order in Council (P.C. 5180, 19 December 1946). RG19 and RG35-4 General Inventory

Additional information

Custodial history
The records from RG35-4 were presented to the National Archives by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation in 1965.

Source of title
Title is based on the contents of the series.

Accruals
No further accruals are expected.

Source

Government

MIKAN no.

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