The only affordable housing is lots of housing: https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/to-improve-housing-affordability-we-need-better-alignment-of-zonin

The only affordable housing is lots of housing: https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/to-improve-housing-affordability-we-need-better-alignment-of-zoning-taxes-and-subsidies/ https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/bigideas/to-improve-hou.... From there, people should be able to decide for themselves; "decide for yourself how much housing unit you want to buy" was common, until the '70s: https://jakeseliger.com/2015/12/27/why-did-cities-freeze-in-the-1970s/ https://jakeseliger.com/2015/12/27/why-did-cities-freeze-in-...