A house that costs $20k
&gt; How do you design a home that someone living below the poverty line can afford<p>Why not rent a flat instead? Wouldn&#x27;t that be much more economical (no property prices, lower heating costs, less maintenance work, less risk, not built on the cheap)?<p>I don&#x27;t understand the fixation on owning a house &#x2F; living in a single-family house many americans seem to have.