JayThaGrappla t1_iy8h8g0 wrote on November 29, 2022 at 3:20 PM

Reply to comment by RetroMetroShow in TIL Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in the USA. It contains 29 buildings and 3,142 units for 7,000 people. by mankls3

Oh this isn't government housing. It's all "owned" by people and mostly rented out to others. In China you don't buy land for life, you lease it for 30 years or so from the government. Developers buy it and build upon that land, people buy the apartments, people rent those out.

OneBlueHopeUTFT t1_iy8vs5j wrote on November 29, 2022 at 5:00 PM

This post is about public housing though that is subsidized and maintained by the government. Public housing may seem like a generic term but at least in the US it has a fairly specific meaning.