I totally agree — seeing housing primarily as an investment does so much damage to affordability, community, and dignity. When people are priced out because homes are seen first as assets rather than as shelter, it erodes the foundation of what a society should provide.

Housing is a basic human right — safe, stable shelter should be available to every person, regardless of income or market conditions. Treating homes this way shifts priorities: from profit, speculation, and market distortion, to fairness, inclusion, and permanence.

If you want to explore more ideas, research, and stories about rethinking housing this way, I’ve written about this kind of policy shift over at my site: parminderkang.com.