> What if government policy for the last few decades had been to keep housing as affordable as possible.
> So if average rent in a city started increasing, the government would make sure new apartments and got built and/or expanded roads and public transit
How? Should they...raise taxes? Subsidize housing(and pay for it by raising taxes)? Take from the people who produce much, and give to the people who produce less? I'm not implying it's right or wrong, I'm genuinely curious as to "how" government should go about accomplishing that goal.
> So if average rent in a city started increasing, the government would make sure new apartments and got built and/or expanded roads and public transit
How? Should they...raise taxes? Subsidize housing(and pay for it by raising taxes)? Take from the people who produce much, and give to the people who produce less? I'm not implying it's right or wrong, I'm genuinely curious as to "how" government should go about accomplishing that goal.