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by pedro_hab 1833 days ago
We don't seem to have houses for everyone, people gotta work and produce to earn a house.

If you start giving mortgages with artificially low interest rates, people who haven't produced things to offset their consumption will get houses, which will increase the prices.

Of course a lot of other factors play roles into this.

> It’s hard to blame people for wanting a roof over their heads.

I, in turn, find your statement quite naive, it would be great if everyone had a house, that doesn't mean we should just give it them, there are consequences, the prices will rise.