[curiouscats]

> There is no way to get people to freely build affordable > housing in or around larger cities under this current system.

This is largely true but needs more qualifiers. There are non-profits that have done this successfully in cooperation with federal and local governments for the long term, for example Arlington Housing Corporation

  https://www.ahcinc.org/

They created a business model that works and are staffed with people that are happy to take the combination of salary and pride in what they accomplish.

Like many business models it is often a challenge to pull off successfully and attempts to make it work without the right combination of people with the right skills, motivation, long term vision, persistence... will fail.