> If you own dead/brown/unoccupied land, you're an asshole. Swap land with housing and you get something that has been going on for some time over here: homebu

> If you own dead/brown/unoccupied land, you're an asshole. Swap land with housing and you get something that has been going on for some time over here: homebuilders receiving government funding to make lots and lots of new homes then after they're finished letting them empty to keep homes prices high by reducing the offer compared to demand. This goes on for years, sometimes even forever until either they rot or become refuge for squatters.