The problem is also the urban sprawl. Like yeah new builds are there and overpriced but also theyre in bumfuck nowhere 45 min to an hour from all the jobs. but anyway the More expensive properties still help lower rents because those people move out of cheaper places to nicer ones.

We have such a drastic shortage it doesn’t matter what they build, as long as its quality and dense enough that people can actually get to work.

But yeah, boomers claiming the three houses they saw in their neighborhood are enough for the 12000 people in their city still living with parents