A lot of Americans are angry right now, and they have every right to be. Housing is brutally expensive. Groceries cost more. Healthcare costs too much. Plenty of people have jobs and still feel like they are barely keeping their heads above water. Young adults are struggling to buy homes, start families, or build the kind of economic security their parents once took for granted. The pain is real. The frustration is real. The mistake is assuming the people we have been taught

Every once in a while, Congress does something so rare that you almost want to check the walls for structural damage. It passes something bipartisan. Not a ceremonial resolution. Not a post office naming. Not one of those empty gestures where everyone gets to clap and no one has to govern. A real bill, aimed at a real problem, with support from both parties. In this case, the problem was housing affordability, which is not exactly a fringe concern in a country where rent feel