• Bluewing
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    6 hours ago

    Then you don’t want company housing. You want government housing. Which can have its own issues.

    • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      6 hours ago

      I live in Vienna, with a very strong public housing sector, where i actually live after my divorce, being a pensioner. There is no way in hell i would be able to pay for the current rates on the open market - they are about 200-300% higher than the rent i pay for my sub-40m² apartment, approaching 800-1000€/40m², where i pay 380€. Without government housing, people in my position have nowhere to go, which is why you have scores of unhoused people roaming most US towns.

      • Bluewing
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        6 hours ago

        There are no “scores of unhoused people roaming most US towns” in the US. Frankly there are large swaths of the US that have very low population densities and well below freezing weather 6 months out of the year. Making such place nearly impossible for homeless people to survive. And there is very little to no safety nets for anyone out there. So they are pretty much concentrated in large cities with good weather and much better social care. Which a sad situation because even a “liberal” state like California doesn’t seem too much care.