History doesn't repeat, but it sure does rhyme, in this case with the "company towns" of the early 1800s onwards.
In short, companies are building housing for workers because they can't afford it themselves -- tying them to a sort of effective serfdom.
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1172301798/workers-affordable-housing-companies-building
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