This, I think, is the problem. The Conservatives (and to a lesser extent the Liberals) depend on suburban voters to win elections. Those voters (mostly) see their homes as a nest egg for retirement. Making a real dent in the housing problem will inevitably lower, or at least reduce the increase in, the value of existing homes. So the right wing parties want to be SEEN to be doing something about housing, but they don’t want to actually accomplish anything. https://www.tvo.org/article/the-ford-governments-scattershot-housing-bill-does-not-enough-of-too-much