People who already own property in places where values are rising have no incentive to do anything to counteract the rising trend. So we have the spectacle of

People who already own property in places where values are rising have no incentive to do anything to counteract the rising trend. So we have the spectacle of Mountain View denying Google's request for approval to build apartments for their employees near their campus -- at a time when housing in Silicon Valley is getting absurdly expensive.