>Soviet housing never worked. More to the point the wait lists for apartments was measured in years (ripe for corruption). The buildings were shoddy and depressing (hope you like grey). Urban planning was haphazard and may or not may have corresponded to where people actually wanted to live.
And yet there was no homelessness in the USSR.
If that's a system that doesn't work, sign me up for two.
You'd be surprised at how humans "make a plan" when it comes to those things, as long as family/community is not broken. Either way, there probably was some homelessness, but we'd have to look at actual records/stats on it.
But the USSR was just one system of social housing. Have a look at what's happening right now in South Africa with what they call RDP housing:
More or less so. Plus, you also could not just decide to go to Moscow (or other city), you needed "propiska" (residence permit). And those born in countryside didn't have passports until _1974_ so had no freedom of movement at all.
Seriously, I cannot find polite words for people praising USSR
Honestly, there probably wasn't. It's not hard to 'solve' homelessness if you can forcibly send the homeless to work-camps or institutionalize them. Done and done.
And yet there was no homelessness in the USSR.
If that's a system that doesn't work, sign me up for two.