or we have too few homes because we should continue to import more people to grow our population, or we have too many homes because we should close our borders

or we have too few homes because we should continue to import more people to grow our population, or we have too many homes because we should close our borders and shrink our population, or we have exactly the right number because that's how many the market dictated being created, or we have way too many because construction emits CO2, and so we should stop building buildings to save the planet, or... ...the notion that there is an objective number of dwellings that should exist is silly.