War/combat veterans deserve that kind of subsidy.
I'm an Afghanistan veteran and I don't believe my country owes me anything extra. I consider it a duty and a privilege to serve. Living in the greatest country of all time is my reward.
The problem is not the market, the problem is the "crony politics" have allowed developers to build regardless of zoning restrictions. Basically a developer can now obtain any variance or change in the law because they are "insiders" vs the mom and pop who may have had a few pieces of income property.
This is not unlike the days when the insiders used to find out where the offramps were going to be built BEFORE the public would know and then buy up that land. (with a greenback handshake thankyou)
Palm Beach has some restrictions on this type of development because this is where the developers actually live.