> I guess I can go get my food from a government soup kitchen or apply for government housing but my experience is these services are not competitive with private market even at the lower price (or free)

Because you have such limited experience with the world. Did you know there are countries out there — dozens of them even! — which are not American?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/realestate/paris-france-h...