That's entirely because of the way our procurement process works. We have separate capital and maintenance procurement processes. Typically, we splurge on a hig

That's entirely because of the way our procurement process works. We have separate capital and maintenance procurement processes. Typically, we splurge on a high capital budget (the cost to build housing) and then skimp or cut out the maintenance budget. Or worse, we expect the housing to be self supporting. Public housing done right is distributed, low rise apartments rented below market rate and not expected to be self supporting. As a tax payer, it's so frustrating to see us build good things and then totally neglect to maintain them. I will say that high rise public housing in the US introduces complexity because it necessitates a degree of service infrastructure that's more costly than more, lower buildings.