The problem is not that there isn't solutions, it's that there is zero political appetite to implement them.

Up the right wingers buttholes

We need higher density zoning, and better public transport.

Hubs of high density housing joined by good public transport is, IMO, the answer.

Urban sprawl certainly isn't it. And these housing estates where they cram 30 houses on an acre is rubbish. All the negatives is single home ownership without any of the positives.

Also: why the hell doesn't government have more trades on the books? QBuild could be so much more than it is.