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Yeah. This is not really social housing.

It does makes me wonder how low the price of social housing can go while still being sustainable either to be subsidized by the government or payable by tenants.

Land use policies, that is transportation and housing makes up about 30% of the cost in the average American budget, which suggests living in America is pretty expensive.[1]

1. https://www.valuepenguin.com/average-household-budget

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Will point out that this housing is hardly sustainable, it's paid for from the remainders of Fugger's wealth (he is the richest man in the world, accounting for currency changes and inflation) as well as donations from the church (probably in order not to be dragged to court for late debt payments, the church borrowed a lot from Fugger).

Came to the same conclusion that "catholics only housing" cannot be social housing...

I wonder how strictly they check up on your mass attendance. I'm not sure the ethics of lying to pass an unethical religious-based test for housing, but it strikes me that there must be at least one resident that is not as dedicated to the church as most.

It could be as simple as checking tax records: in Germany, tithing is incorporated directly into tax declarations and payroll systems.

Still not very social if its "catholics only". That they're checking on your church attendance makes it all feel very bigbrothery to me.

Non the less cool they manage to keep prices down: much lower than actual social housing operated by govt.

> Social worker Doris Herzog is the first point of contact for most applicants. She checks church registers to ensure they're Catholic and interviews them on their living situation.

Well, it is considered the oldest social housing offering in the world.

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