I think the issue is that in the US the pendulum has swung so far in favor of landlords that the government needs to adjust things just to realign it so that both buying and renting are easy. Both should be options - I absolutely agree - but buying is quite difficult right now and a lot of folks are forced into renting for financial reason. That's pretty bass ackwards - a lot of folks aren't paying extra to be mobile - they're paying extra to be static and the additional costs they're forking over are deferring the time when they'd be able to afford purchasing.