America’s housing market is broken by design.

It rewards scarcity, punishes the poor, and treats shelter like a luxury commodity. As millions scramble to afford rent and cities spiral into unaffordable chaos, we’re still told the market will correct itself.

It won’t. It never has.

The solution isn’t just more housing — it’s a federal housing strategy that bypasses the speculation economy entirely. What we need now is something bold, efficient, and grounded in reality: a national system of rent-only, prefabricated homes.

You don’t auction off access to water or electricity to the highest bidder. You don’t “flip” a freeway. Housing should be no different.

We already know the market fails to house the people who need it most. Public housing, once a serious tool of economic stability, has been gutted. Private developers build for profit, not for need. The result? Record-high rents, stagnant wages, and a working class squeezed to the edge.

The government has the power to change that — by treating housing as essential infrastructure and building it accordingly.

Modern prefabricated homes aren’t boxy trailers or flimsy sheds. They’re precision-engineered, energy-efficient, and ready to deploy in months, not years.

They cost less because they’re built smarter — in factories, at scale, with repeatable designs. No delays, no custom bloat, no middlemen driving up costs.

With the right investment, a factory network could pump out tens of thousands of homes each year, placing real, physical downward pressure on rental markets nationwide.

Here’s the key: these homes aren’t for sale. They’re rent-only.

No private ownership. No investors gaming the system. No appreciation treadmill.

Rents would be capped at 30% of local median income, and the system would be managed by a public housing authority or vetted nonprofit operators. Tenants get security and dignity. Cities get housing that actually stays affordable.

Think of it as the USPS of housing: universal, reliable, not-for-profit.

This isn’t a top-down fantasy. It’s a jobs plan, an infrastructure plan, and a housing plan rolled into one:

• The federal government provides funding, oversight, and production mandates.

• Private manufacturers compete to build standardized, code-compliant prefab units.

• Local contractors and tradespeople install and maintain them.

• Cities provide land, often already owned or underused by the public.

• Community orgs and nonprofits help place tenants and oversee operations.

It’s not just shovel-ready. It’s factory-floor ready.

The program would produce three categories of units:

• SRO-style micro-units for transitional housing, students, and unhoused individuals

• Compact one- and two-bedroom rentals for singles, couples, and retirees

• Small-footprint single-family homes for working families and multi-generational renters

No gated enclaves. No luxury amenities. Just well-made housing, designed to live in — not to extract value from.

If home values go down slightly, so what? That just means fewer people are locked out.

This program isn’t about undermining communities — it’s about making sure they remain livable. Stable rent prices benefit everyone: fewer evictions, less displacement, lower crime, and stronger local economies.

Besides, if your wealth depends on keeping your neighbors homeless, it’s time to rethink what kind of wealth that really is.

America didn’t hesitate to build tens of thousands of wartime housing units in the 1940s. We didn’t flinch at wiring rural towns with electricity or building the interstate highway system.

We act fast when we treat something as a national emergency.

Housing is a national emergency.

The solution isn’t more talk. It’s action — scalable, efficient, and grounded in reality. Federal prefab housing isn’t radical. It’s responsible.

This is how you end the housing crisis. Not with incentives. Not with market nudges. But with real walls, real roofs, and real rents people can afford.

Let’s build.

5xy5xy5xy5xy (Ellis Kaan)

America’s housing market is broken by design.

It rewards scarcity, punishes the poor, and treats shelter like a luxury commodity. As millions scramble to afford rent and cities spiral into unaffordable chaos, we’re still told the market will correct itself.

It won’t. It never has.

The solution isn’t just more housing — it’s a federal housing strategy that bypasses the speculation economy entirely. What we need now is something bold, efficient, and grounded in reality: a national system of rent-only, prefabricated homes.

You don’t auction off access to water or electricity to the highest bidder. You don’t “flip” a freeway. Housing should be no different.

We already know the market fails to house the people who need it most. Public housing, once a serious tool of economic stability, has been gutted. Private developers build for profit, not for need. The result? Record-high rents, stagnant wages, and a working class squeezed to the edge.

The government has the power to change that — by treating housing as essential infrastructure and building it accordingly.

Modern prefabricated homes aren’t boxy trailers or flimsy sheds. They’re precision-engineered, energy-efficient, and ready to deploy in months, not years.

They cost less because they’re built smarter — in factories, at scale, with repeatable designs. No delays, no custom bloat, no middlemen driving up costs.

With the right investment, a factory network could pump out tens of thousands of homes each year, placing real, physical downward pressure on rental markets nationwide.

Here’s the key: these homes aren’t for sale. They’re rent-only.

No private ownership. No investors gaming the system. No appreciation treadmill.

Rents would be capped at 30% of local median income, and the system would be managed by a public housing authority or vetted nonprofit operators. Tenants get security and dignity. Cities get housing that actually stays affordable.

Think of it as the USPS of housing: universal, reliable, not-for-profit.

This isn’t a top-down fantasy. It’s a jobs plan, an infrastructure plan, and a housing plan rolled into one:

• The federal government provides funding, oversight, and production mandates.

• Private manufacturers compete to build standardized, code-compliant prefab units.

• Local contractors and tradespeople install and maintain them.

• Cities provide land, often already owned or underused by the public.

• Community orgs and nonprofits help place tenants and oversee operations.

It’s not just shovel-ready. It’s factory-floor ready.

The program would produce three categories of units:

• SRO-style micro-units for transitional housing, students, and unhoused individuals

• Compact one- and two-bedroom rentals for singles, couples, and retirees

• Small-footprint single-family homes for working families and multi-generational renters

No gated enclaves. No luxury amenities. Just well-made housing, designed to live in — not to extract value from.

If home values go down slightly, so what? That just means fewer people are locked out.

This program isn’t about undermining communities — it’s about making sure they remain livable. Stable rent prices benefit everyone: fewer evictions, less displacement, lower crime, and stronger local economies.

Besides, if your wealth depends on keeping your neighbors homeless, it’s time to rethink what kind of wealth that really is.

America didn’t hesitate to build tens of thousands of wartime housing units in the 1940s. We didn’t flinch at wiring rural towns with electricity or building the interstate highway system.

We act fast when we treat something as a national emergency.

Housing is a national emergency.

The solution isn’t more talk. It’s action — scalable, efficient, and grounded in reality. Federal prefab housing isn’t radical. It’s responsible.

This is how you end the housing crisis. Not with incentives. Not with market nudges. But with real walls, real roofs, and real rents people can afford.

Let’s build.

5xy5xy5xy5xy (Ellis Kaan)