Ding ding ding. Western governments have spent years on housing and energy policy driven by ideoogical concerns, when a technocratic approach would have been much more productive. Yes, this includes things people may not like, especially environmental or 'social justice' groups.

>Yes, this includes things people may not like, especially environmental or 'social justice' groups.

They tried that before and got The Aberfan disaster, Newgate Prison, and child labor.

"Trust me baby, I've changed!"

Nonsense. When the gas crisis hit, a lot of people with badly insulated houses (Britain fares quite badly here) were hit very hard and whining while the ones with insulation and solar panels were laughing away. House price is mostly related to taxation and land availability. Local politicians like to constrain land availability to keep their own houses priced up.