Sorry, but housing shortages were common actually due to lack of supply as thousands of people were moving from rural areas to the cities. It was not caused by

Sorry, but housing shortages were common actually due to lack of supply as thousands of people were moving from rural areas to the cities. It was not caused by lack of will to build houses, but lack of construction capacity. Over time, the problem lessened and ultimately by late 70s it was almost unheard of to find a homeless person in a city. Even people with serious problems like alcoholism were housed almost always. Unfortunately this resulted in lots of gray cheap blocks of flats. Looks drab. Over time also got improved. Homeless people are around again and number is on the rise, shortage is around again. Very expensive "apartments" that are tinier and worse made than communist housing are sold for barely attainable sums now. They just look better on the outside.