Obviously this article is the definitive proof that high housing prices are completely a government caused problem since they seem to think that increased supply won't lower prices.  Try a thought experiment and imagine if they instead restricted the supply further - wouldn't prices rise even more because of it?  Economists have been wrong about lots of things, but supply and demand works. The Newspeak of this age is to state the reverse of whatever is true. Well, the truth is that governments are wedded to silly ideas and don't care at all about their citizens.