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      Those Khrushchevka etc. apartments weren’t exactly villas, but I agree it’s far better than being homeless or pay most of your income for a somewhat liveable apartment. With the technologies nowadays it could probably be made much better and less depressing.

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      through their workplace union

      Does this mean they’d lose their homes if they stopped working at the workplace an no longer belonged to that union? Similarly to how Americans lose their health insurance when they leave their employer?