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Critics vehemently oppose government-run grocery stores and housing programs, citing decades of failure in these sectors. Experience demonstrates that state-controlled supermarkets and rent controls tend to increase prices and reduce availability, undermining affordability.
The consistent message is that building more housing—not rent caps—is the only viable solution to tackle housing affordability. The policy insights stress that higher taxes and state intervention rarely solve underlying economic issues but often exacerbate them by discouraging development and investment.