Any politician in government longs to hear the news that the housing crisis is over. And yet, as in the Housing Commission report, many of my own pieces, and commentary by many others, it is clear that a housing deficit that has built up over at least 15 years is unlikely to be fixed overnight. This leads to a game you might call corner-turning – pronouncements, especially by those in power, that “the corner has been turned” and things are getting better. Those using the metaphor are probably hoping that nobody is counting the corners turned: If you turn three…

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