It sounds like it's more than just a few wealthy people.
"What local and state policies might be inhibiting this and harming these communities?"
Do you have any examples? It sounds to me like the policies have made it a nice place to live, enticing people from other places to move there, and that influx is causing the shortage. Should they impose some sort of moving tax or other policy to remove that demand?
In my experience, policy isn't the issue in rural areas. The people who live there and own the land don't want to sell the land to be developed on.
"What local and state policies might be inhibiting this and harming these communities?"
Do you have any examples? It sounds to me like the policies have made it a nice place to live, enticing people from other places to move there, and that influx is causing the shortage. Should they impose some sort of moving tax or other policy to remove that demand?
In my experience, policy isn't the issue in rural areas. The people who live there and own the land don't want to sell the land to be developed on.