Maybe where you live.
In my State* and county it is the so-called "progressive"~pseudo-liberal~Leftist~socialist/communists whom have enabled growth management acts, constrictive zoning, out-lawd use of natural gas, and scores of other envir-wacko nonsense.
All of which drive home prices, and rents, up by constricting available land to use and adding un-necessary extra-costs to building and selling.
* More people wanting to live here and driving up demand than appears to be happening in state of Mizzery where you claim to be.