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What are ‘Strawberry-Box’ homes?

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What are ‘Strawberry-Box’ homes?

December 13, 2023

Ottawa is dusting off the history books… the federal government is going back to a post Second World War policy that led to the construction of hundreds of thousands of homes for returning veterans. These were called ‘Strawberry-box homes’. Global’s Uday Rana has more.

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