I'm not saying it's an ideal situation. But it sure as hell beats redistributory theft. Housing cannot be a public good simply because it fails the definition:

I'm not saying it's an ideal situation. But it sure as hell beats redistributory theft. Housing cannot be a public good simply because it fails the definition: nonrivalous and nonexcludable. It is by definition rivalous and excludable. Why does Joe get the free house on the beach but my free house is in the desert? Not at all fair! But what is fair? Voluntary transactions with private property.