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The prices are secondary. Why is there a shortage of housing?
Nimbys
Affordable housing can be built in new areas connected by public transport. Nimbys cannot have a majority everywhere.
They are the ones who vote. They don't need a majority. They need a majority of voters. They seem to have it. I think we're learning that we have the country that we want more and more everyday. We don't want better, we want this.
Or renters could organize and motivate the nonvoters to vote after they have clarified which party is willing to implement the necessary changes.
Hard to do when everyone views renters as parasitic children.
35% renters is not a guaranteed win for a new party. But in a two party election, they decide the winner. That's a foundation for starting a negotiation.