>>507341642 (OP)>>507341715Stop dooming. The system is rigged by NIMBY boomers and Wall St ghouls. The goal is to make housing for living in, not for BlackRock's portfolio.
It's a 3-step fix:
1. BUILD. MORE. SHIT.
End single-family zoning. Let people build duplexes.
Upzone everything near transit. Build UP, not out.
Make permits automatic if a project follows the rules. No more vetoes from some 70-year-old on a council.
Use new tech like prefab & 3D printing to build faster & cheaper.
2. CRUSH THE SPECULATORS.
Huge tax on vacant homes. Force them to sell or rent it.
Massive tax on empty land. Force them to build or sell.
Ban corporations from buying single-family homes. You should be competing against a family, not a fund.
3. PROTECT RENTERS.
Cap rent hikes. No more 30% jumps because your landlord is greedy.
"Just Cause" eviction. Can't be kicked out if you pay rent & aren't a degen.
Give tenants free lawyers in eviction court so they can fight back.
TL;DR: Build more, kill speculative buying, and give renters basic rights. Stop letting them screw us.