There's plenty of affordable housing around, it's just not in places people want to live. Some markets require you to shell out 50% of your income on housing, b

There's plenty of affordable housing around, it's just not in places people want to live. Some markets require you to shell out 50% of your income on housing, but it's not like people have no choice. They do it because overall it's worth it to them. If they didn't, there wouldn't be enough takers.