> Nobody will live in the projects except people who have no way to escape.

There are more people for whom ex-commercial housing would work - than there are (or ever will be) units to house them.

Even in a tough neighborhood I'd of done it, if I had work nearby. I once parked the I was living in my employer's parking lot.

This is not true. Here in Holland developers of high rises are forced to make 40% of it social housing. This works quite well. The social housing system is broken, but thats mostly because they havent built enough housing in the last 50 years.

> The social housing system is broken, but thats mostly because they havent built enough housing in the last 50 years.

So it's not working well.

The hypothetical housing is doing great!