I also completely agree with #1. What adds insult to injury is that in securing a roof over your head you have to pay 'market' rates that include somebody else

I also completely agree with #1. What adds insult to injury is that in securing a roof over your head you have to pay 'market' rates that include somebody elses profits (i.e. interest on capital) Why can't it be more like other government infrastrucure like roads/parking/etc... where the price of the land is often close to free, and the only costs are construction and maintenance costs. No market and no profits involved. Slightly off topic but I also consider having a roof over your head a more fundamental right than moving ~1.2 (on avg.) persons around using 2 tons of metal, wasting precious resouces and producing noise and carcinogens. And funnily enought nobody wants to live where others are driving their cars, which contributes ever more to the sprawl and total miles being driven. We end up standing in the theater and once everyone stands our view is just as bad as before with the added inconvience of now having to stand) N.b.: There obviously is fundamental right to freedom of movement (at least until you hit some kind of border) but in my opinion this does not include grossly wasteful modes of transportation.