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		FuriouslyAdrift 37 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spain fines Airbnb €65M: Why the government is cra... Singapore is very special in that 80% of the population lives in "public" housing.

ryan_lane 36 days ago [–]

Because the government builds that much housing, and subsidizes the cost, to ensure their citizens (and PRs) have affordable housing.

It's special because they made it that way.

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