Interesting that you make the point about rent subsidies, we have those here to (but under a different name). It has a really strange effect though of putting

Interesting that you make the point about rent subsidies, we have those here to (but under a different name). It has a really strange effect though of putting a floor of £450/month on almost anywhere (even the nastiest dive you could think of), but the sweet spot seems to be the next 25% up to £600. The difference between a really nice, new house, and a really crappy apartment in a bad area is about £100/month, solely because of the bottom on rents provided by the subsidies. I suspect it's a really nice racket for modern day slumlords to be honest.