[pxndxx]

What? Who mentioned the government paying for them? Who said that the fabric needs replacing often?

[dumbo-octopus]

The parent…? Who pays for public housing? And what relevance would the weather otherwise have..?

[kuschku]

You might be misunderstanding something.

Even a working family, if they're earning very little, may be living in subsidized public housing.

Renters have lots of rights over here, allowing them to customize a lot about the apartment. Awnings are usually owned and installed by the renters themselves.

So a family that has so little income that they need to live in subsidized public housing may still have enough income to buy a retractable awning.