People have desires that go beyond their needs, and so long as they have money they will spend it to satisfy them. If we, as a society, took this into account

People have desires that go beyond their needs, and so long as they have money they will spend it to satisfy them. If we, as a society, took this into account we would make it easier to build more housing. The fact that we don't is the moral, ethical, and economic tragedy of our age.