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> Government should provide apartments, free, in the center of the city, for anyone who needs one. During COVID lockdowns I watched lots of international TV dr
by traceroute66 5y ago
> Government should provide apartments, free, in the center of the city, for anyone who needs one.
During COVID lockdowns I watched lots of international TV drama series on Netflix.
One of those "random things I learnt on Netflix" was that they (sort of) offer this in the UAE if you've lived & worked there for 10+ years.[1]
Its basically means-tested housing. So they offer anything from interest-free 25 year loans to fully subsidised housing.
[1] https://www.tamm.abudhabi/en/aspects-of-life/benefits-for-emiratis/landhomeallocation/Grants/emirati-housing-programmes-in-abu-dhabi https://www.tamm.abudhabi/en/aspects-of-life/benefits-for-em...
- sofixa 5y agoThe UAE are in a uniquely blessed situation where they have a small population, not a lot of land, and a ton of valuable resources. Not every country could pull this off without significantly reworking how it's tax/budget/administration work. That being said, there's subsidised, including to 100%, housing in France too. And cities are legally required to build affordable housing for those schemes, so it's not "it exists on paper, but nothing has been built in decades so nobody can get in".