The right can and should become the party fighting for more affordable housing.

Voters priced out of owning a home are not going to vote for the right.

New Zealand shows what this could look like. After winning the 2023 election, the right-wing Coalition government moved quickly to open up large tracts of land for greenfield development, reducing house prices and exposing the previous Labour government’s failure to act decisively, despite years of rhetoric and limited infill reforms.

The politics are powerful. It allows the right to save itself from irrelevance by allying with renters, first home buyers, and younger voters which groups they are currently losing.

I've been arguing for a change to build codes for ages.

>>508770905 (OP)
affordable housing doesn't mean cheaper rent for nice places - it means the projects. It means squashed together drywall for immigrants and criminals. Remember this when NYC mayor says Public Gardens should be torn down to create affordable housing.