How did this monster trashfire of zoning laws even come to life? At this point we could probably suspend every zoning law in existence at least for a few years

How did this monster trashfire of zoning laws even come to life? At this point we could probably suspend every zoning law in existence at least for a few years and end up in a better situation. In a sane market when a good (housing) is extremely scarce and valuable, people make more of it and naturally compete away the profits to bring the price comes down.