Back in 1935 the first Labour government came to power and faced a severe housing crisis. It didn’t fiddle and tinker – it rolled its sleeves up. By the late 1930s it was building 3500 state houses per year for a population of around 1.5 million.
Behind the spin, the housing crisis continues
https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/350052370/behind-spin-housing-crisis-continues
9 Comments
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 3y
If you're going to post a paywalled article, it's a common courtesy to post the plain text in either the text section of the post, or a comment.
absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y
That is really weird, I am on Firefox on Linux Mint, no popup at all. Article is all there.
I am running uMatrix script blocker, but that doesn't seem to block those popups on other sites.
Same thing on Firefox for Android.....no popup at all. Maybe it is a Chrome thing.
Rangelus@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 3y
My Chrome on android had no popup at all.
Rangelus@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y
It's not paywalled.
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y
You sure?
Dave@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y
I can read it fine? Just close the popup that asks you to subscribe, it's an ad not a paywall as far as I can tell.
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 3y
Close it where?
Dave@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y
You must get special treatment. They give me an X:
Are you in an app? Maybe try opening in a mobile browser?
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · -2 pts · 3y
I don't care enough to bother, to be honest.
Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 3y