This is just wrong. Every reputable economist I've come across disagrees with what you're saying. As with climate change, if we ignore experts, we will needlessly careen toward disaster.
Conservative economists like Edward Glaeser have long opposed restrictive zoning[1]. President Obama’s Chief Economist sees that “income inequality across cities remains entrenched and may even be exacerbated” as a result of restrictive zoning[2]. According to Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, “this is an issue on which you don’t have to be a conservative to believe that we have too much regulation.”[3]
Conservative economists like Edward Glaeser have long opposed restrictive zoning[1]. President Obama’s Chief Economist sees that “income inequality across cities remains entrenched and may even be exacerbated” as a result of restrictive zoning[2]. According to Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, “this is an issue on which you don’t have to be a conservative to believe that we have too much regulation.”[3]
[1] http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_3_houston.html
[2] https://m.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/page/files/2015...
[3] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/opinion/inequality-and-the...