Supreme Court can fix the homeless crisis that the government caused

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : It did this under the guise of environmental protection laws born in the '70s, like the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act.
54% : In doing so, we'll free Americans to build more housing and put their property to good use more cheaply, free of unreasonable government regulations.
49% : However, nonpartisan research led by Alex Horowitz at Pew confirms that attributing the growth in homelessness primarily to drug addiction or mental illness underappreciates the role of housing shortages.
49% : As Horowitz and his fellow researchers explain:LA MAYOR PLEADS FOR WEALTHY TO HELP BUY HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS: 'UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP'"A large body of academic research has consistently found that homelessness in an area is driven by housing costs, whether expressed in terms of rents, rent-to-income ratios, price-to-income ratios, or home prices. ...
46% : State planners set out how local officials may restrict the private use of land, and most communities of even modest size have enacted complicated and restrictive expensive land use schemes regulating which parcels may contain housing and what type.

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