I wouldn't be so sure of that. They managed to turn an entire generation of young people into renters living with random room-mates in their 30s riddled with debt.
Because these governments and authorities spent all their time watching Friends and thought well they enjoyed living together lets force that on the general public... while we live in our mansions paid for by the general public and getting our bills paid for as work expenses and food and travel too.. It's nothing more than control games now and laws changed to benefit them, the power use issues and being environmentally friendly I agree with as some products are now taking the micky with power use as an example GPUS and CPUS.