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The plethera of shoebox condos in Toronto attest to this fact. Then people wonder why birth rates are so low when the only options are having a baby while living in a 1 bdrm condo with a galley kitchen, or moving hours away from your job.

I honestly donno a lot about the US and it’s “projects”, but my understanding is large blocks of units in the US or the west tend to be built and left to rot.

Other than Singapore are there any blocks of units that don’t get run down over time and left to rot? (Seriously question as I’m curious)

Cooperative housing where the tenants are the owners.

Every city in Europe?

Oh 100 units are still built. But they are sold as condos targeting upper middle class as those are more profitable for builders to sell. And these are not affordable for many.

We need policy that requires mixed units. Some for the affluent, some for service workers, etc.