I saw a news piece a few years back about a scheme where the value of a new build dwelling would forever be linked at a low multiplier to the local median wage. If the area became more prosperous then you could make a modest return but otherwise you were buying the house to live in and not to make obscene amounts of money. The people being shown around couldn't get their head around how it was so cheap, I dont think they quite got it and thought they had won the lottery.
This is what the state should be building but no prizes for guessing why it didn't take off.