[Retired Greyhound]

“delay the eventual day of reckoning when property values finally settle at their natural levels, keeping many would-be buyers locked out of the market in the meantime.”

[goldstategop]

By interfering with the market, the government keeps housing prices artificially inflated and only delays the inevitable.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus