> you could simply allow private entities to build housing. London is the poster boy for exactly why you don't do this. The result is builders and landlords b

> you could simply allow private entities to build housing. London is the poster boy for exactly why you don't do this. The result is builders and landlords buying up land, "delaying" (often indefinitely) building the homes to artificially drive up the prices of existing housing, or building tiny, tiny, apartments in huge hive-like blocks and towers, with insane prices.