• Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com
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    1 day ago

    Why not though? The experiments done in housing nationalization have been extremely successful in abolishing homelessness and guaranteeing access to affordable housing. In Cuba, if you study in (completely free) public university, the state assigns you a flat at no cost. In the Soviet Union, housing used to cost 3% of monthly incomes back in the 1970s.

    Imagine the possibilities that we could get with 50+ years of technological and industrial development if we nationalized housing in the west…