This article takes as its point of departure early research by the economic historian David Merrett on owner‐occupiers and tenants. In the light of his subsequent explanation of the growth of sources of finance for house purchasers after 1945, it investigates the post‐war housing program of the Commonwealth government with its emphasis on planning, co‐ordination and public provision. Within the larger context of post‐war reconstruction, it argues that the failure of the public housing program provided the stimulus for the spread of owner‐occupation. The failure is explained as the outcome of economic constraints and the shrinking political capacity of post‐war reconstruction.

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业主和租户：联邦住房委员会和战后住房，1943-1949

本文以经济历史学家大卫·梅雷特 (David Merrett) 对自住业主和租户的早期研究为出发点。根据他随后对 1945 年后购房者资金来源增长的解释，它调查了联邦政府的战后住房计划，重点是规划、协调和公共供给。在战后重建的大背景下，它认为公共住房计划的失败为自住的蔓延提供了刺激。失败被解释为经济限制和战后重建政治能力萎缩的结果。