Homes are expensive. Most people just can’t afford a big slice of land and home. They have to accept they will have to make do in an apartment that may be shared. Should the home they deserve just magically appear?
Just under 2/3 of US homes have an owner that lives in it.
Look at the percentage of houses bought by PE vs individuals in 2021.
https://www.redfin.com/news/investor-home-purchases-q3-2021/ Real-Estate Investors Bought a Record 18% of the U.S. Homes That Sold in the Third Quarter
yes, I know 18% < 1/3. But I also know that 18% > 6%, which was the figure in 2000.
the trend is pretty obvious.
They should have the right to purchase one, or have one commissioned, at the fair market value for materials, labor, and land.
I'm assuming "have one commissioned" is suggesting something about supply/zoning, but it's not clear to me what, exactly - if someone could afford to build or buy a house 3 miles from Dallas, should they also have the right to pay the same price to build something in the middle of Dallas?
Ergo I hold that the respective governments and their zoning/construction policies are trampling on the individual right to a fair market and worse are creating grotesque amount of economic inefficiency, and by extension social damage, in the process.
[0]Trivially: adding units to a lot to capitalize on a high price of land relative to materials + labor.
The point is between land, materials, and labor, a lot of people can’t afford what they think they deserve.