Supply and demand OF HOUSING, yes. Increasing the pay of Teachers, then Nurses, then Fire Fighters, then ... by (say) 2X - because housing is too expensive for them - does not create any new housing. Though it may bid up the prices on the least-expensive existing housing, putting yet more essential professions on the "2X" list. And quite a few other undesirable side-effects.
As long as they are on an equal footing with everyone else, then either more housing is built or there is a generic housing crisis unrelated to being a teacher status, and the problem we should be talking about is something else.
either would work. If you pay teachers enough, they would commute several hours if needed. If you pay everyone more, either the housing gets built or people leave because you cant pay everyone enough to keep jobs filled.
Supply and demand OF HOUSING, yes. Increasing the pay of Teachers, then Nurses, then Fire Fighters, then ... by (say) 2X - because housing is too expensive for them - does not create any new housing. Though it may bid up the prices on the least-expensive existing housing, putting yet more essential professions on the "2X" list. And quite a few other undesirable side-effects.