But the US government can do something. They could pass a bill that allows a progressive tax write-off for builders who build X units. More write offs for redev

But the US government can do something. They could pass a bill that allows a progressive tax write-off for builders who build X units. More write offs for redeveloping houses older than a hundred years. Instead of all the tax cuts, borrowing and money printing done since trump era, we could have incentivized builders to build more.