my suburb is build on old light industrial area. close to everything, great transport and bike paths.

the main problem we have is land banking property developers just sit on land and wait for its value to go up so they can flip and make bank for doing nothing. also what gets built is to maximise profits not provide appropriate housing for all, so we get a lot of “executive suites” with italian tiles, european appliance and other wank shit that’s only there to drive up the price.

the answer as always is good quality public housing available to all (see vienna and singapore).