Social Housing Debate

The cluster discusses government-provided social or public housing as a potential solution to affordable housing shortages, citing examples from Singapore, Hong Kong, Vienna, and the UK, while debating its merits against market approaches and potential drawbacks.

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matz1 Dec 10, 2016 View on HN

Government failure to provide cheap housing ?

xanth Nov 25, 2020 View on HN

Universal socialization of housing wouldn't be the worst end state.

La1n Mar 2, 2021 View on HN

Better soviet-style blocks than no housing.

dang Jan 26, 2023 View on HN

Ongoing current thread:There’s no such thing as affordable housing - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34528025

jelliclesfarm Jan 15, 2020 View on HN

I have always felt that housing in Singapore is sensible Altho I don’t think it would work here99 year leaseholds until recently..now Singapore citizens can purchase these public Housing flats. Everyone is housed according to their means. 78.7% of the population is housed in public housing at various home plans and sizes.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing

blackrock Mar 21, 2020 View on HN

Socialized housing for everyone?

hkai Jul 28, 2020 View on HN

What problem are you hoping to solve through this?We did it in Hong Kong. Over 30% of the population lives in virtually free housing rented from the government.They don't have an incentive to work. They get to live in one of the most expensive cities in the world for free, without contributing.Meanwhile, those who have a job slightly better than McDonald's are not eligible for this generous giveaway, and are punished by being forced to live in tiny private apartments that they

trasz Mar 30, 2022 View on HN

It’s called social housing and is available in many countries, such as UK. It’s often not literally free, but several times cheaper than market prices.

throwmxncj Apr 1, 2021 View on HN

Not if done properly. https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/housing/2019/09/housi...

rodgerd Mar 11, 2015 View on HN

Public housing is an anethma in the English-speaking world these days, but it's one answer. Mixing public housing/apartments in with private would provide accomodation while also providing a base price.