When there is food shortages, and it is found out that Billy boy didn't farm his land, he will lose his land. Probably in a bloody way.

There is a difference between a lone farmer deciding not to raise a crop, and a rich person making sure there will be a food shortage.

The difference between a pod in a15 minute prison and a suite of rooms (bedroom, sitting room, bathroom) in a community house is who owns them, and the rules of living in them. And whether you can leave.

If govern-cement was benevolent, and wanted to see that everyone was houses, they could do so. A free tiny home for everyone. And as long as you could leave and build/own a bigger house, i would be fine with that.

In my explanation, the community owns the buildings, and the community members would each have their own place, a place called theirs, in the buildings that the community "owns".

And you could make the lines even more blurry, by saying that the "community" is a government that allows you to leave, but not anyone to enter.