>>1016947 (OP)
You know, if you just squeeze enough of these fuckers together, you don't even need to subsidize them. Make them small enough, and the state doesn't need to intervene. Americans look to subsidization because they are whiny and spoiled. Man up like the Japs and accept that space has a premium in the big city, because some business would love your "livable" apartment as a fucking office and pay better rent for it than you could.
You want a range from economy (studio, 0 bedrooms) to something like 5 or 6 bedrooms. I realize that most apartment complexes top out at three, but if you make the rooms small enough that a six bedroom is like a "normal" "American" three bedroom, you can tap into the ignored market of retarded poor Americans who don't know how to prevent pregnancy (while not fucking yourself to do it).
I need to look into laws to figure out if sensible Jap apartments are illegal in the States.