It's not a state but a very local issue (cities, neighbordhood districts). Indeed some cities do okay. The states, like California currently, can try and influe

It's not a state but a very local issue (cities, neighbordhood districts). Indeed some cities do okay. The states, like California currently, can try and influence but the cities are resourceful stubborn and corrupt and still can block things at multiple other levels. In the US, the federal level also very much influences things since for example it is federal institutions which buy the most mortgages (and they decide what kinds of homes qualify). For more examples, the federal level regulates interest rates (the main component of mortgage interest rates) and deductibility of housing costs under federal income tax law (higher than state income taxes for many people). And elections only go so far because voters are not equally distributed among populations. Even renters tend to not vote but be vocal NIMBYes.