[CliffFletcher]

The housing crisis goes beyond partisanship. A large swathe of the public - especially young adults - believe our leaders and policy wonks have #### the bed on the single most important economic issue they face.

It’s a complex issue, with lots of causes: low interest rates, aging populations, high material and labour costs, offshore money looking for a save haven, lack of public housing, NIMBYism, high back-door immigration rates.

Partisans emphasize the causes that suit their ideological narratives. But most voters aren’t especially ideological. They just know that the people in charge have left them and their children unable to afford to put a roof over their head. And the people in charge can point fingers at each other all they like, but angry voters are going to exact their pound of flesh.