alt Hacker News> For every complex and difficult problem, there is a simple, easy and wrong solution.
Sure, but realize that also applies to the current status quo.
Also, you cannot create the 'right' solution to a complex, nuanced social problem. You can only slowly shift the problem over time, one 'wrong' solution at a time.
Agree, but this simple solution isn't going to shift towards the right solution over time, and could very easily make housing shortage worse (especially as it would forbid home builders from making model homes, or keeping an inventory)