Germany has had a relatively stagnant population for some time now and they still have housing price problems, especially for buying real estate.
Western countries have somehow managed to develop learn helplessness on housing. It should be easier than ever to make safe, high quality housing, and yet it's become absurdly difficult and expensive instead.
It's common to hear anecdotes from homeowners merely trying to do an extension or add an ADU on the kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucracy that we've managed to create.
Western countries have somehow managed to develop learn helplessness on housing. It should be easier than ever to make safe, high quality housing, and yet it's become absurdly difficult and expensive instead.
It's common to hear anecdotes from homeowners merely trying to do an extension or add an ADU on the kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucracy that we've managed to create.