Jerusalem Demsas in the Atlantic writes that supply skepticism and shortage denialism are pushing against the actual solution to the housing crisis: building enough homes.
Why is housing different? Perhaps because the supply argument seems to defy lived experience. People look around their community and sense that a lot has changed. They see new homes and developments cropping up, even as prices keep rising. This eyewitness account results in people thinking that these new developments either do nothing to alleviate rising prices—or worse, actually cause prices to increase.