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by bpt3 199 days ago
Again, you are just discouraging people from building more homes. People like to create financial Rube Goldberg machines to address high housing prices, but the solution is simple: Add supply.

Now adding more supply is not trivial in many cases, but at least people can work on the correct problem to solve once it's identified.

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Idealistic solutions will not gain traction when they fail to address the pain that people are feeling today.
Then people who are unable or unwilling to have foresight will continue to suffer the consequences.
Existing residents will be fine. Newcomers may have problems. Ultimately, not a terribly unjust situation.
Tell that to your kids.