Parking is more important than housing? How is that conclusion reached? I wish we didn't need cars as much as we do but every time you see a block of apartment

Parking is more important than housing? How is that conclusion reached? I wish we didn't need cars as much as we do but every time you see a block of apartments built with minimal/no parking you know what is going to happen once people move in. The streets are littered with cars fighting for parking space. Simply taking away car spaces from buildings doesn't seem to work. It doesn't convince people to "not have a car". Japan has a thing whereby cars are not allowed to park on the street though, along with proof-of-carspace upon buying a car. Maybe that should be the model to go for?