Public housing works quite well in Vienna.[1] But my point was not necessarily that no one should own land. Another interpretation of my question — "Why don't

Public housing works quite well in Vienna.[1] But my point was not necessarily that no one should own land. Another interpretation of my question — "Why don't these people own the land they live on?" — would be, why isn't there land around that they can afford to buy and give themselves security? And that has various types of answers, some related the kinds of opportunity in the economy that would give them more income, some about how we can change the supply of housing. Here are some more developed thoughts on the subject from someone more expert than I am: [2] [1] https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/case-for-public-housing-vienna-chicago https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/case-for-pub... [2] https://danielkayhertz.com/2017/05/11/what-is-a-left-approach-to-housing-in-2017/ https://danielkayhertz.com/2017/05/11/what-is-a-left-approac...