Should European housing politics be Americanized?

# Summary European housing costs are significantly higher than American ones, with about 80% of the increase since World War II attributable to regulatory restrictions on building—yet continental Europeans rarely discuss land-use restrictions as the primary cause, unlike Americans who have embraced "YIMBYism" (Yes In My Backyard) as a movement to address housing shortages. The author argues that European housing debates, which focus on rent controls and public housing rather than zoning reform, could benefit from adopting American ideas about deregulating housing development to increase supply.