I know I am a bit thick and stupid, but can anybody give me a realistic explanation as to why there is a supposed housing shortage when our population is not supposed to be growing much - if at all . That's Grouch 1

Up here in Brissie they are busy destroying nice flat farm land and covering it with houses. Houses should only be built on hill sides that are unsuitable for farming. So there are more and more of us, with less and less farm land...sort of doesn't add up

That's Grouch 2
I read somewhere that the housing shortage is a result of so many families splitting up, that each divided family now needs TWO houses .