They also tried this in the US before it went full neoliberal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_h

They also tried this in the US before it went full neoliberal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing#United_States But > Initially, public housing was intended to be built widespread, and as such be mixed-income, but lobbyists who did not want to see public housing decrease their housing values blocked such housing from going up >With the introduction of suburbs and expansion of choices for the white working class, the demographics of public housing changed from more class and racially integrated to predominantly impoverished, single-parent, welfare, and people of color[30]. This led to stigmatization of public housing, through pushing the narrative that people living in public housing were "Welfare Queens", or otherwise living in a state of abject poverty and terrible conditions[30]. These demographic changes also decreased support for housing, leading to the government cutting funding for the program