> it's easier to treat housing overall as a consumer good. But it doesn't function like that. Building the house isn't even the part that is the problem. It's

> it's easier to treat housing overall as a consumer good. But it doesn't function like that. Building the house isn't even the part that is the problem. It's land/space and how some people maintain monopolies on those. A free market might make the materials and construction of a house cheaper. It address that space is limited and that most expensive space is often where there are more jobs.