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Comment by cscurmudgeon

Respectfully, plenty of data below disproving what you say.

> there is plenty of unused housing inventory

False: https://www.reddit.com/r/badeconomics/comments/musne8/dispro...

What do you say about cities losing literally hundreds of millions on housing funds?

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/04/13/audit-san-jose-failed...

> the problem is that people can no longer afford rents

And that is because supply is low. Go to the root cause of that:

https://sfstandard.com/2024/04/08/san-francisco-new-housing-...

> San Francisco approved just 7 new homes in 2 months. Why?

https://scott-wiener.medium.com/yes-supply-demand-apply-to-h...

Supply/demand is proven science in housing.

> it's all bad if it comes from "the government."

The other side of the coin is:

It's all good if it comes from "the government."!

https://southpark.cc.com/video-clips/9bipvp/south-park-the-g...

You should also read up on the case where the Chevron deference happened in the first place.

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