The failure of company towns was because they were paid in scrip, which made it impossible to move away if/when you got fired or found better work. As long as

The failure of company towns was because they were paid in scrip, which made it impossible to move away if/when you got fired or found better work. As long as the employees are paid in real money, and they can choose not to live in the company housing if they don't want to, there's nothing wrong with employer provided housing. That's pretty much what happens right now in the oil and shale fields in the north midwest.