In my opinion, basic human rights such as adequate housing shouldn’t be left solely to the free market. That’s just asking for human rights violations.
That said I’m kind of disappointed in how black and white this issue is usually dealt with on lemmy (I get the feeling most users have the opinion: capitalism equals evil)
In my ideal society, we as a society would facilitate basic housing for people where needed. Everything above the basic necessity of a roof above your head and a place for yourself (adequate housing), I think can be left up to the free market. I think the prices of the free market would be more ‘proportional’ if the free market knows it can’t ask ludicrous prices because there’s basic housing as a safety net.