Well yeah that's the big picture for sure. I live in a country where there is no capital gains tax on houses and consequently no cheap housing anywhere in the country, because capitalism.
We have universal healthcare, but our housing situation creates a huge drain on it. It's infuriating.
I didn't think there was anything wrong with them looking, it was the telling management part that bothered me. As a society we're too quick to throw each other under the bus.