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>There is no appetite for increasing supply anywhere in the West.

Every single person who currently is looking to rent or buy a house has appetite for increasing market supply.

None of those people have enough political power.
In Germany it is somewhere around 55% of the population.
In Germany lifelong renting is seen as a normal and acceptable thing to do, not a temporary stepping stone which will hinder you from achieving your life goals.
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In the US, it's a lot less than that.