Why doesn't the government nationalize like power plants and use that to pay for like affordable housing?

https://lemmy.ca/post/275829

Why doesn't the government nationalize like power plants and use that to pay for like affordable housing? - Lemmy.ca

In Québec, power comes from Hydro-Quebec and is owned by the government.

Hundreds of people live in the streets while there is like 13’000 appartments on Airbnb.

Yep it’s not really the lack of housing here that is the problem. More so that landlords don’t want to sell since they make more money in the long term by renting.
I mean it’s not like a homeless person would buy it, if they were to decide to sell.