Housing abundance is politically fragile

Even when pro‑housing, abundance arguments win in elite and policy circles, their gains can be undone by execution failures at the permitting and local politics level. Durable housing supply growth requires not just rhetorical victory but durable institutional reforms to permitting, local incentives, and political coalitions. — If true, this reframes housing policy: passing pro‑supply laws is necessary but insufficient — durable abundance depends on implementation and political resilience.