"Can you do the dirty job of recreating the housing market, and cite your sources in what amounts to a blog post?"

Sure. Let me get right on that, after I get elected to be a Congresscritter.

Can you at least try it locally on a small scale first?

Also, what do you mean by de-profit-ize housing? Do plumbers and tradesmen no longer get to profit from building homes? Surveyors? Architects? Electricians? Financiers? How do you get homes built if no one is allowed to profit from their trade?

Since you have severe problems with "whataboutism" and scope creep to idiocy; my rates to answer your questions are $150/hr , payable as a donation to the EFF.

I'll take you up on that offer, since it's pretty clear you don't have any answers and I love donating to the EFF.

My terms are as follows:

- you must write a clear, concise policy proposal

- you must post the proposal on HN

- A randomly selected (my selection) HN reader of that post will grade if your proposal is clear, persuasive and well cited. If you fail to pass, then I owe you nothing. You may keep retrying as long as you wish.

- your total billable hours for this concise policy proposal should be no more than 4 hours.

Are these terms acceptable?

You should respect yourself more and demand a higher rate. It really depresses the rates I charge and I doubt I am as good as you are.