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I think that is a willful misinterpretation. Oliver is saying that the systemic issue is that even if the ratio of declared houses 'needed' were matched by houses built the issue would remain, the inequality would remain, and none of the social stresses created by the lack of housing would be solved. He is saying the state structure and industry surrounding the housing market is fundamentally distorted (politically, economically, legally) and that matching demand with supply will not solve it.
If you don't agree that's fine. But to say it's Farage politics is a huge disservice to what he's saying and how he has said it.
youramericanlover
Oliver Schick
Oliver’s view is also very exclusionary- middle class people with well paying office jobs can move to for e.g. a small place in the country. Someone who works in Greggs cannot- unless Greggs precedes them, and also I suspect that few who work for Greggs intend on doing that cradle to grave, so you’d need other employers.
Oliver’s statement above could be paraphrased as “if we change absolutely everything, then everything would be different”, it’s Farage level politics. Simplism, dismissing complex reality with a confidence that the underlying arguments do not support.