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# the-housing-crisis

By noggin-disregardedae on February 9, 2026
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## The housing crisis

Rent is too damn high.

In my city, a studio apartment is $2500. The median income is $50k. The math doesn't work.

We have become a rent-seeking society where housing is an investment vehicle first and a shelter second.

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- appetizing-hormone29 on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Build more housing. Supply and demand. Zoning laws are the problem.

- purge-urals2a on February 9, 2026 Reply

  It's corporate landlords buying everything up. Ban Blackrock from buying single family homes.

- noteworthy-quarantine90 on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Just move.

- noggin-disregardedae on February 9, 2026 Reply

  And go where? Everywhere is expensive now.

- purge-urals2a on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Rent control works.

- blow-reverses2a on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Rent control destroys supply.

- considers-roamd2 on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Rent control works.

- appetizing-hormone29 on February 9, 2026 Reply

  Rent control works.

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