Housing problem is more about politics + zoning and minimum parking requirements. To build more housing you need space and demand and usually zoning+pk mins are

Housing problem is more about politics + zoning and minimum parking requirements. To build more housing you need space and demand and usually zoning+pk mins are the opposite. Also, in other areas like EU housing is a problem for another reasons like bureaucracy, few authorisations from city council, the lobby of home owners to keep supply low, the lobby from car companies (no parking and more density means cars less needed) The construction jobs even if in demand, usually can be filled with ppl from poorer countries, so it's not such a big problem