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A socialized housing market replaces exorbitant prices with a lottery; public-subsidized housing in Stockholm has a waiting list of years. The way to stabilize the demand curve is to increase to supply.

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Sounds like it also puts the incentives in the right place. Why don't you keep voting out the government until it builds enough houses?

you are correct that we need to increase supply, and socialized housing creates more supply. great idea

Socialized housing is a management technique. It does not inherently create housing. Read about Stockholm's situation if you are interested in learning about the topic.

It is indisputable that there have been successful socialized housing schemes. It is also indisputable there are successful free-market housing systems; for example, Minneapolis.

also indisputable that market forces cause developers to not build because the ROI is not there or it's too risky

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