I wish the country I live in had the same as many Asian countries; you can only buy if you have a passport of the country or if the building is owned by more than 50% of passport holders.
At this point various jurisdictions in Canada have layers upon layers of foreign buyer taxes, bans, and empty homes taxes and the issues remain.
Foreign buyers and such can be problems, but at this point looking at Canada's experience here, it's abundantly clear it's not at all the problem and there are deeper systemic problems that are causing the misery.
