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Economically homesteading is viable in several different ways and on different levels. Some homesteaders have actually held high paying jobs for awhile in their lives which has afforded them land and equipment. On the other hand, during the depression President Roosevelt encouraged a homesteading movement in the New Deal. There was an agency within the New Deal entitled Subsistence Homestead Division. It was part of the U.S. Department of Interior. Under this program, approximately 100 subsistence homesteads were built in the U.S.

The plan included a provision where one family member would hold a part time, low paying job as the family was moved from poverty in an urban area to a small plot of land where they would grow their own food and live safely. This program was also meant to help bolster “stranded workers”, mainly lumber workers whose jobs had declined, and to assist farmers who were struggling. In its own wording the act was to encourage and demonstrate the viability of part time work combined with part time gardening and farming.