Even if producing a record supply of housing units could guarantee solving the affordability issue, actually building that much housing with viable density comes with a steep price tag. Even advocates of mass housing admit as much. If we don’t go after the land value itself, we are essentially trying to deflate a balloon by blowing on it.
I feel like this post is a good time to remind people that the average single family, low density development costs its community more to maintain (roads, sewer etc.) than it generates in property taxes.
Single family homes should be allowed to exist, they should also be taxed appropiately and not subsidized while denser developments are not subject to the same subsidizing.