[pkulak]

Yes. Seems like I typed before I really thought about it. :/

I guess what you'd want is to tax the hell out of rental properties, then put that money to first-time mortgage assistance.

[banannaise]

The problem is the financialization of housing in the first place. You have to figure out a way to reverse that. Making speculation illegal probably isn't feasible, but could you require that renters earn equity offsetting some portion of rental profits?