Theres not actually a lack of
affordable housing (at least not in the South), or affordable housing being built, theres skyrocketing housing costs in what were once affordable houses. When growth is
slow and steady (rather than skyrocketing and out of control), housing remains closer to affordable. Theres already been one real estate
bubble that burst in recent history, the same people behind the bubble are the ones talking about a lack of affordable housing. People move to the South because its affordable, where the cost of living was high on the West Coast or up North.