I remember the anti-Vietnam war protests when I was growing up and the many who branded the protesters nutters/troublemakers/hippies. The Civil Rights movement was at its height around the same time, then came anti-apartheid and of course before that, Ban the Bomb and Votes for Women. With the gift of hindsight, would you say any were wrong? No more than you’d now ask for an ashtray and light up in a restaurant or on a plane, I’d say.
“How can lifelong renting be made more compatible with retirement saving?”
Here’s a future problem that will doubtless be kicked down the road until it becomes a crisis. There’s a whole generation who may never be able to afford to buy their own homes.