You would be better positioned to make that argument if you could demonstrate a basic understanding of what the distinction is.

> People’s main thing they have to pay on a regular basis is rent or mortgage, so the cost of housing should be included in the consumer inflation index.

The cost of housing as a consumer good (rent, actual or, for homeowners, imputed) is included in inflation measures (consumer price index, PCE, etc.)

The asset price of residential real estate is not, but that’s a different thing.