I feel I may get a bit flamed for complaining about housing prices but hey ho.
I'm in an areas that is geographically dispersesd, had an issue of outward net migration particularly from younger folk, wages and job availability lower than cities.
If you've been brought up in the area and choose to stay you accept that wages won't match the bugger cities but that housing is more affordable.
It's wasn't the most hip place to live type of thing but now with covid and WFH house prices have soared, even if you can save the deposit, the last few places we've seen (not really amazing houses or anything) have all had cash buyers relocating to the area.
Is there any solution? Things are going well over asking and for cash, we just can't compete but it's effectively making the area we work in unsustainable to live in. Many of our friends are in the same boat. We cant relocate, our jobs are specific and tied to the area.