Why not just sell these houses with no restriction even at a market profit?
If reasonably priced nice houses are required to attract talent, just solve that problem.
Healthcare shouldn't be tied to employment, WWII is over. Housing shouldn't be added to that list.
We don't need to have a Company Store model.
> Why not just sell these houses with no restriction even at a market profit?
Because they will be bought up by property management companies, headquartered in another state probably, who will turn them into rentals that the people there can just barely afford. Cook is trying to come up with an alternative to that.
It seems like that would only be viable if supply remains constrained. If they kept building for new hires plus a spare percentage, then holding tons of empty un-rentable properties seems like a bad return. It is a complicated question for sure.
Healthcare shouldn't be tied to employment, WWII is over. Housing shouldn't be added to that list. We don't need to have a Company Store model.