Reply #134: Public housing here is not free. I do not know what the situation was in

[mom cat]

Scotland, but it now costs about 40% of a person's meager income here. Most people in public housing are the working poor. If they have to move 170 miles away from their jobs, like in the OP, and they have no reliable transportation, bingo, they lose their jobs and become more of a "burden to society". This is a burden that society should not place on them, especially since their plight stems from the rapacious greed of the uber-rich. The problem could be solved with their chump change.