Articles like this confuse me. It doesn't seem like we have a shortage of actual housing, instead, we have a shortage of housing in places where people are will

Articles like this confuse me. It doesn't seem like we have a shortage of actual housing, instead, we have a shortage of housing in places where people are willing to live. Perhaps a solution to this "shortage" is to build the community and economics of the area so that people will be willing to live in those areas. The alternative would seem to need some type of housing regulation such as rent stabilization, or reducing a landlords control of their property.