The question is whether politically there is a greater demand for available housing, or for ROI on already owned properties. Depending on which hypothesis you p

The question is whether politically there is a greater demand for available housing, or for ROI on already owned properties. Depending on which hypothesis you prefer, there either is a problem today or there isn't. When one factors in that this situation is decades in the making and present across most of the Western world, I would argue the political interest is in looking out for home owners, not starters, both in sheer voter numbers and the politicians' own group membership.