Housing subsidies become far more expensive when government refuses to let housing supply grow.

Comment “Housing” and we’ll send you the full video. Federal rental assistance often requires tenants to pay about 30% of their income while taxpayers cover the rest. That means every regulation that pushes market rents higher also increases the government’s bill. The result is a costly contradiction: Washington spends tens of billions of dollars on rental aid while zoning, permitting rules, and other restrictions keep housing scarce and expensive. Even then, assistance reaches only a fraction of eligible households, leaving millions waiting.