The tragedy of homeownership is that there is a negative feedback loop.
1. High regulatory burdern and a poor bureaucratic process means that housing developers want to maximize revenue per housing unit, instead of trying to optimize production of housing units.
2. Constriction in supply leads to higher housing costs which causes consumers to borrow more money/invest larger amount of wealth into the house.
3. The high level of investment encourages homebuyers (who are increasingly from the upper-income bracket and therefore more financially literate) to protect that investment by maximizing its value.
4. Ever-rising housing values means more property-taxes for local government, which incentivizes local government to prioritize the interests of homebuyers and banks by pandering to their interests (like maintaining their property values).
5. Local governments continue to support NIMBYism which consequently leads to constriction of the housing supply...