They promise green homes at bargain prices, but omit that sustainable construction clashes head-on with speculation. The problem is not the material, but a system that prioritizes profit over accessibility. Selling a technical solution while ignoring abusive prices and bureaucracy is pure hypocrisy. Innovation only serves if it is linked to social housing policies.
The material does not save you from the market 🏡
New construction systems using laminated wood or hemp blocks reduce the carbon footprint, but their final cost depends on land and speculation. Without regulation to limit land prices or require a percentage of affordable housing, these techniques become a green luxury. Technical efficiency clashes with political inefficiency: while bureaucracy drives up permit costs, the market raises the final price.
Straw houses at gold prices 💸
Sure, you can have a straw house with solar panels, but only if you first sell a kidney to pay for the land. The system is so generous that it lets you save on heating while you go broke with the mortgage. In the end, the perfect ecological solution exists, but the bank sells it to you with an interest rate that would make a tree cry. Ironies of green capitalism.