[chinchilla2020]

If you offer free housing, there will be millions claiming they are homeless to take advantage. Just look at the PPP loans that were taken advantage of during the pandemic to get an idea how far people will go to get a bit of free cash.

[fzeroracer]

You can, right now, go buy a mobile home in pretty much anywhere you want for around $40-50k. Why aren't more people buying mobile homes if the housing market is such a problem? The answer to that question is the solution to the thing you think will be an issue.

[relaxing]

No one chooses to live in housing projects if they have better options.

Honestly, there are so many arguments around public housing, you could at least pick one that makes sense.

[HDThoreaun]

Absolutely not true. I know more than a few people who do just this.

[relaxing]

This demands a story - who are these people, and why?

[borski]

These are not fancy apartments in which people who are not homeless would generally choose to live.

Source: I grew up in a housing project.