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Singapore is the closest success story I can think of. Requirements: - be a citizen - get married The government will then build a flat for you and hand you t
by k3nt0456 7y ago
Singapore is the closest success story I can think of.
Requirements:
- be a citizen
- get married
The government will then build a flat for you and hand you the keys 5 years later for about a fourth of the private market price.
Of course you need an economy that can pay for all this, so it won't be universally applicable
- closeparen 7y agoWhat do you do while unmarried or in the first 5 years?
- CydeWeys 7y agoYou continue living with your family.
- closeparen 7y agoYou conduct your relationships and the first few years of your marriage within earshot of your parents?
- apexalpha 7y agoThe alternative is a market based housing market such as another city state has: Hong Kong. I think everyone in Hong Kong would happily live with their parents for 5 years if it means they can buy their own flat afterwards.
- drb91 7y agoThis seems cultural, and before the invention of privacy this was the norm. EDIT: I thought that was a meme and it's not—i'm referring to the growth of the middle class and multi-room houses.
- CydeWeys 7y agoThat's how the rest of the world does it, so, yes? Also note that pre-marital relationships are often not very common.