I've read so many articles like this that point to similar things, the zoning issues, the over-regulation, the fact we need to build more housing as the fundamental fix. Yet all I continue to see from government is the same old heel-dragging intransigence.

So what I'm left wondering isn't how to fix this, or what the government's response will be, but rather what is going to happen to finally force a change in direction? Mass homelessness? Depopulation of major cities? I don't think major economic downturns have the potential to do it. They'll slap a bunch of quick fix band-aids over those issues and declare the problem solved. There has to be something that is too big to declare fixed by printing more money or bailing out a few companies.