I’m not massively familiar with the US it in some markets (the UK, particularly the south east), what would have been a starter home is now just more expensive

I’m not massively familiar with the US it in some markets (the UK, particularly the south east), what would have been a starter home is now just more expensive. Developers are still building small houses on small plots, but they sell for more than is affordable, so when you get people talking about building affordable housing, they are talking about building tiny, tiny places out of the cheapest possible materials.