Social housing was usually organised by private societies and entities as outreach to those in need until crises brought greater attention from government authorities, such as the Homes Act (1919) and Housing Agreement (1945). The Housing Department focused mainly on mixing these with broad-acre suburban estates, which were sometimes expensive to service with adequate infrastructure. Architects such as Margaret Findlay were employed by the public works department. Bungalows were mass-produced in weatherboard and then fibro materials. The 1944 Town and Country Planning Act was the instrument to transfer control of urban housing to municipalities, which automatically resulted in tightly restricted homebuilding in existing urban areas. The advent of the automotive city and the 1965 Hobart Area Transportation Study (which ultimately resulted in cuts to public transport and parts of the inner city being converted into parking) further made Hobart a sprawling city. Zoning now applies and specific area plans can also be prepared (with the land use near Hobart's northern suburbs transit corridor under particular focus), though planning reform and new provisions schedules are being prepared. While community and social housing projects do occur in expensive areas (such as 25 apartments on Goulburn Street in 2021), it is still difficult to achieve approval.
Social housing was usually organised by private societies and entities as outreach to those in need until crises brought greater attention from government authorities such as the Homes Act (1919) and Housing Agreement (1945) The Housing Department focused mainly on mixing these with broad-acre suburban estates which were sometimes expensive to service with adequate infrastructure Architects such as Margaret Findlay were employed by the public works department Bungalows were mass-produced in weatherboard and then fibro materials The 1944 Town and Country Planning Act was the instrument to transfer control of urban housing to municipalities which automatically resulted in tightly restricted homebuilding in existing urban areas The advent of the automotive city and the 1965 Hobart Area Transportation Study (which ultimately resulted in cuts to public transport and parts of the inner city being converted into parking) further made Hobart a sprawling city Zoning now applies and specific area plans can also be prepared (with the land use near Hobart's northern suburbs transit corridor under particular focus) though planning reform and new provisions schedules are being prepared While community and social housing projects do occur in expensive areas (such as 25 apartments on Goulburn Street in 2021) it is still difficult to achieve approval