Why don’t we have more compact, cheap, Soviet bloc style housing options in the US? /u/BicarbonateBufferBoy No such thing as stupid questions

I was watching a Russian vlogger who lives in an old Soviet style apartment. Her rent is insanely low and the apartment, while obviously dated and not super fancy, is perfect for most people who are in a tight situation with money. In college, I would have loved to have options like these and having a $200 a month rent for a nice 600 square foot apartment sounds great!

I can imagine if we did more of this in the US the homeless issue would seriously get much better. The apartments aren’t gorgeous and modern but I can imagine it’s much better than having no roof over your head and sleeping on the streets. Why isn’t this very common here?

I was watching a Russian vlogger who lives in an old Soviet style apartment. Her rent is insanely low and the apartment, while obviously dated and not super fancy, is perfect for most people who are in a tight situation with money. In college, I would have loved to have options like these and having a $200 a month rent for a nice 600 square foot apartment sounds great!

I can imagine if we did more of this in the US the homeless issue would seriously get much better. The apartments aren’t gorgeous and modern but I can imagine it’s much better than having no roof over your head and sleeping on the streets. Why isn’t this very common here?