> The fetishization of single-family housing comes from planners

From what I read, the fetishization comes from already homeowners who want to have their cake (a house) and eat it too (making it an asset that appreciates). Since voting is non mandatory in USA, voters tend to skew old and/or homeowner, both of which like to maintain the status quo, hence favoring policies that keep it.

Every time I bring up the built environment with planners, almost all of them say "it's not our fault."

They blame politicians, etc. for the results of the planning profession over the past 50-70 years.

Perhaps the planners are right, but then my question is, what do planners actually do?