The issue is our western multi-party system leads to this kind of behaviours. You dont need to get reelected for a little while so you can do whatever as long as you dont make people to loudly angry. If the ones of us who would want cheaper housing at all cost would be louder than the NIMBY than he would listen to us.
We are approaching the end of a global capital cycle and we have radicalized most with the modern social media echo chamber using ideologies while uneducating our youth.
We need to teach our people how to think critically once again while remembering that some civil discourse is ok. We are walking slowly towards fascism in the west and we should be careful.
We are all different humans so lets treat each others that way!