the most promising is a model known as “social housing.” Commonly described as a public option for housing, this model takes housing permanently off the private market, beyond the reach of speculators and profiteers: it can be owned and operated by nonprofits or municipal governments, or, as with limited-equity cooperatives or land trusts, residents can own a stake in their homes at subsidized rates. In recent years, Finland has made international headlines for virtually ending homelessness. Their secret? Building tens of thousands of social housing units on government-owned land, ensuring
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