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by 5e92cb50239222b 758 days ago
I don't know about North Korea, but in my part of the former USSR housing was very much attainable for normal people. Much more so than today, actually. You didn't have to wait in the queue for more than 3-5 years to get one, and you definitely didn't have to get a mortgage and then part with most of your salary for the next 20 years. Pretty much everybody I know got 1-3 room apartments for free, including my parents.