Would you rationnaly evaluate the situation and say 'yeah, that's fine, it will be better for my kids' or rather feel a very justified anger that bad politics effectively cost you ... the ability to buy a place to live during your, checking notes, only life you have on this earth ?
If you need can afford a house but it take 30 years for a return, then most people are still happy.
Inversely, If it is a 10 year ROI, but you cant afford it, they are unhappy.
If you look at the US housing market of the last decade or two, the issue is closer to the 2nd case than the first. Base price is out of reach for most, but those that get have a excellent returns.
I was extremely jealous when I couldn't by a first house but my friend who could pay 1 million did so, only to sell it 2 years later for 2 million. He did it again and now his current house is in the 6-8 million range, and I'm just getting in the market.
Another way to look at it is that a home is the primary large piece of property that most people own. Therefore, owning a home gives people a stake in a capitalist society.
What both of these are getting at is that if common people are unable to buy a house then they are less likely to feel obligated to support the rules that society is built upon.