building more housing has a lot of hurdles to overcome. first, because we're close to full employment, it's hard to find skilled construction workers. we need

building more housing has a lot of hurdles to overcome. first, because we're close to full employment, it's hard to find skilled construction workers. we need to establish more and better trade schools and apprenticeships, and return esteem to these jobs (rather than to the vapid reality tv celebrities). second, the regulatory environment needs to be improved. here are 25 regulatory proposals for california: https://urbanize.la/post/25-solutions-builder%E2%80%99s-perspective-fix-california-housing-crisis https://urbanize.la/post/25-solutions-builder%E2%80%99s-pers... (submitted to HN but didn't get any discussion). i don't agree with all of them, but many are very sensible. and there are other hurdles like the lack of space. there aren't too many infill opportunities left, so construction projects get more expensive and risky because of the added cost and delay of demolition. public transportation is great, but it's also expensive (some of which is due to corruption) and taxpayers are weary of that. that's not to say i don't agree with you. just that we must overcome a number of challenges to get there.