This has been a brilliant plan by the capitalist landlords to further concentrate their holdings and become more fiendishly rich. It's not the capitalist landl

This has been a brilliant plan by the capitalist landlords to further concentrate their holdings and become more fiendishly rich. It's not the capitalist landlords pointing guns at people who are trying to build more housing. But your point is basically right. Both parties and a large majority of the public believe that housing should be "a good investment", which is equivalent to the position that it should become increasingly unaffordable for the average person.