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In reply to the discussion: A solution to affordable housing... that Americans just don't seem to like. [View all]meadowlander
(4,394 posts)so that not all the social problems and poverty are concentrated in the same area.
You don't see huge housing projects like that in New Zealand which has one of the lowest wealth inequality scores in the developed world.
HUD and the local councils build lots of social housing but it is townhouses in suburban neighbourhoods with good school districts mixed with buying up to a maximum percentage of units in some new apartments complexes.
A lot of countries also use inclusionary zoning to require developers to set aside a certain number of units for social housing before a new subdivision can be approved.
Giant government-built tower blocks went out of style in the 80s and most European countries don't build them anymore either. There's no way to effectively police them, they scare off middle class buyers and swamp the local schools with high needs kids.