Housing prices are almost purely supply and demand. Cities like New York City have 90% of their existing housing stock ( the cheapest and densest buildings) lab

Housing prices are almost purely supply and demand. Cities like New York City have 90% of their existing housing stock ( the cheapest and densest buildings) labelled as illegal under their current zoning laws.Los Angeles have extremely restrictive laws that make only the most luxurious high end towers being financially viable, and most of the city zoned for only suburban sprawl. San Francisco is largely illegal to build anything at all there. Cities everywhere have zoning that requires deep pockets (and bribes to city officials) to get anything built and can still be stuck in random lawsuits for decades. We need to build our cities like we did pre-wwII. We need cities like look like Tokyo, Vienna, Paris, Manhattan, etc. We need cities that are dense and walke-able. Whether that is through removing zoning and height limits and putting parking maximums, or through government building public housing. Something needs to be done, it is a threat to our existence. We need to densify cities and towns, and replace highways full of SUVs with train lines. We need to replace coal and natural gas burning with solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear.