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The Netherlands houses repeat anti social behaviour social housing tenants in container homes. However they do get help with financial and alcohol issues and the housing isn't so remote they can't take a bus to town.
Not ideal of course, ideally people don't end in that state.
A mate of ours lives in social housing one guy is trying to steal his motorbike, another is causing lots of noise issues. Most people are fine just two out of 30 are causing hassle and they have a right to be housed and the social housing company can in theory kick them out but then who will have them?
Private rent nope, if you transfer them you move the issue. Of course there isn't much help for them, but our mate has to deal with the stress of it.
In private housing you just get kicked out by the landlord for that. Usually...
But I have to agree that the "I own my place so whatevs" or "private landlord kicked me out of greed" or issues of course won't get addressed by container housing, neither do all the new houses going up in the bad Belfast riot area suddenly become affordable.