You're not wrong. I do some of those things.

But the problem is most of my peers disagree with me. The majority of people in my city are against opening up zoning restrictions. My opinions is in the minority, and I am not economically powerfully enough to have much influence over politicians or voters.

And this includes many of my so called leftist progressive peers. many of my leftist friends are adamantly against zoning reform, and they, like landlords, want more restricted development. when i express my opinion on expanding housing supply they tell me I'm greedy and evil and that what we need is rent controls and no new development and that nobody should be allowed to move here who doesn't already live here. and this is all local politics, not federal stuff.