The American Housing Crisis Might Be Our Next Big Political Issue
I keep seeing parallels to the situation in USSR after WWII - there was a chronic lack of housing: some of the housing stock had been destroyed in WWII, there were new couples that were owed (by the state) housing, and of course the existing housing stock had further deteriorated (it was that many years older than before the war).<p>Khrushchev championed the construction of pre-fabricated concrete &quot;plank&quot; 5 story buildings - they built 2 factories in different parts of USSR and cranked them out, delivering them mostly by train to all corners of the country.<p>The designs were pretty much the same, down the interior furnishings and apartment layouts (a plot point of the perennial New Year&#x27;s Eve favorite movie, &quot;Irony of Fate&quot;), and fit and finish were sub-standard. BUT, people did get their housing, had kids, went on with their lives.<p>With all the post-USSR criticism of Soviet leaders, you realize that Khrushchev had very few bad things said about him...<p>I think the person, or organization, that is seen to (somehow, however they do it) solve the housing problems we have, will have a great deal of political goodwill and possibly political power.<p>EDIT: some &quot;Khrushchevka Housing&quot; info <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.citylab.com&#x2F;equity&#x2F;2017&#x2F;03&#x2F;the-disappearing-mass-housing-of-the-soviet-union&#x2F;518868&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.citylab.com&#x2F;equity&#x2F;2017&#x2F;03&#x2F;the-disappearing-mass...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;themoscowtimes.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;moscows-new-housing-megaproject-confronts-soviet-history-57312" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;themoscowtimes.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;moscows-new-housing-mega...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;khrushchevki.wordpress.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;khrushchevki.wordpress.com&#x2F;</a>