Policy choices shape outcomes. And outcomes either reinforce the status quo or deliver change. That change can be radical or conservative. It can be incremental or immediate. It can be obvious or subtle. Either way, policy choices have consequences. It is just the way of things. If the dominant story of this election was the startling surge of Sinn Féin, then the undercurrent propelling that surge was the property crisis. I use the word property ahead of housing; it is too simplistic to say this is a mere housing crisis. It is much more than that; it is a rental…

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