Editing Homesteading (section)

==As historical governmental policy==
{{main|Settler colonialism}}

{{further|Homestead Acts|Dominion Lands Act}}
Historically, homesteading has been used by governmental entities (engaged in national expansion) to help settle what were termed unsettled areas, especially in the United States, [[Canada]], and [[Australia]]. This resulted in the violent relocation of many Indigenous people. Guided by legal ''[[homestead principle]]s'', many of these "homestead acts" were instituted in the 19th and 20th centuries and targeted specific areas, with most being discontinued after a set time-frame or goal.

Renewed interest in homesteading was brought about by U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s program of [[Subsistence Homesteads Division|Subsistence Homesteading]] in the 1930s and 1940s.<ref>{{Cite journal
| volume = 23
| issue = 1
| pages = 11
| last = Borsodi
| first = Ralph
| title = Subsistence Homesteads, President Roosevelt's New Land and Population Policy
| journal = Survey Graphic, Magazine of Social Interpretation
| access-date = 2012-03-03
| date = January 1934
| url = http://newdeal.feri.org/survey/34011.htm
| archive-date = 2012-04-02
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402000525/http://newdeal.feri.org/survey/34011.htm
| url-status = live
}}</ref>