But housing is an investment, and a shelter. Discouraging housing as an investment discourages investment in housing. What I think you are trying to say is th

But housing is an investment, and a shelter. Discouraging housing as an investment discourages investment in housing. What I think you are trying to say is that it is preferable that the investment in housing be made by the people who are going to live in the house (or by the government) and not by entrepreneurs.