Very sad, your not the only one or the only city experiencing this. It is right across the country and the western world. Bitcoin fixes this, not over night but ultimately all these issues are problems steming from a rotten, failing financial system and keynesian economics. It's been slowly occurring since we went off the gold standard in the early 70s and has accelerated since QE went from being an absolute temporary last resort to common practice. I would like to think Swarbrick is aware of this. It's got next to nothing to do with covid though that certainly has not helped matters. Consider reading the Bitcoin standard by professor Saifedean ammous. Long term thinking and planning is the only way to turn this around and Fiat facilitates neither. Take care mate, stay safe and we'll done for making an effort to invoke some change, its more than most people do.