When government won't allow construction of "workforce housing," complain, because nobody's big enough to try to push back and get concessions to make it possible.
But then when a company, which is big enough, especially relative to its small town, does do the hard work of negotiating construction contracts and helping people find financing so they can sell homes at cost by removing inefficiencies from housing production, complain about that too?
Some important points from the article:
1. The houses are being sold, not rented. 2. They're being sold at cost. 3. Anyone who buys one can sell it later to someone outside the company. The only restrictions are that if they sell within 3 years of buying, the company has the option to buy the house back at the previous sale cost, and for four years after that, the company has ROFR at market price.
Is it a perfect solution? Of course not. These are humans. Humans don't come up with perfect solutions.
But if you're going to complain, what would fix it for you? And is that just a matter of personal preference? 'Cause it's not like most of you are willing to live in a Midwestern small town with one major employer in the first place, but clearly these people are.