> housing isn’t affordable because it doesn’t have to be. The high price of housing means there's a shortage. There would be arbitrage available but in many pl

> housing isn’t affordable because it doesn’t have to be. The high price of housing means there's a shortage. There would be arbitrage available but in many places housing is not being allowed to be built. I live in a luxury apartment, alone, just outside DC on a junior SWE salary with most of my paycheck left over because the county I live in actually builds.