The tragedy of the anti-commons, which is part of what drives all this, necessitates government action over the desires of stakeholders, so while we could avoid

The tragedy of the anti-commons, which is part of what drives all this, necessitates government action over the desires of stakeholders, so while we could avoid "catastrophe," we're unlikely to make every stakeholder involved happy. Things like eminent domain, actual public housing (need to repeal QWHRA), and new policies that support renting (Germany, Singapore, and Austria are great examples of quite varied housing policy that manage to give renters relatively cheap housing.) Check out the Vienna system: http://www.governing.com/topics/economic-dev/gov-affordable-luxurious-housing-in-vienna.html http://www.governing.com/topics/economic-dev/gov-affordable-... We'd need a radical cultural change to allow that kind of thing here, but considering how things are going with prices, this is a good time for a real change.