The Strathfield South Public Housing Project of the late 1940s aimed to address housing shortages post-WWII, particularly for lower income families and returned servicemen. The 1930s Depression and WWII led to a halt in building activity in NSW, with an estimated 80,000 homes not built due to each crisis. By the end of WWII, Sydney faced a 90,000-house shortfall, exacerbated by returning servicemen. The NSW Government acquired land from the Ebenezer Ford estate in Strathfield South in 1945, leading to a new subdivision plan that would provide housing for over 400 people in single-storey dwellings with two or three bedrooms.
