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As someone who lives in a former communist country, I can tell you that “commie blocks” most definitely don't fix homelessness.
As someone who's from a former Communist country, the downfall of communism was met with a dramatic rise in homelessness.
But you probably shouldn't trust a random person on lemmy saying "as someone from Communist country", this info easily verifiable with a web search.
Here's the first link I get searching "homelessness after communism":
https://journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca/article/view/ca29.1.03/277
Because the commies put all homeless people into jails you dunce!
Not jail, but worse