The claims about zoning and property rights can be examined in the US, as Texas has no zoning. Housing costs are not remarkably different there. The "capturing

The claims about zoning and property rights can be examined in the US, as Texas has no zoning. Housing costs are not remarkably different there. The "capturing of value" that is actually happening is a net transfer of land and wealth from the general population to a handful of massive corporations and the people who control them. Once they own everything and have dismantled the market they can charge whatever they want.