Ford is not the only one, there are many examples (google the wiki page for company town for a basic example list). Almost all failed eventually due to changing

Ford is not the only one, there are many examples (google the wiki page for company town for a basic example list). Almost all failed eventually due to changing economic instances or company malice and the end result is either incorporation into an existing town (the good outcome) or decline and eventual devastation. Wile less evident than the real town examples, we have here lots of smaller end 19th, early 20th century "communities" which have the same result. There is a name for the type of houses: Arbeiderswoningen (laborer housing). Eventually the government took over over from private or corporate initiatives and a rent system was created which was far less tied to the actual place of employment.