As a non-YC founder living in SF, I&#x27;m really disappointed by this answer.<p>Above, you mentioned a &quot;bandaid&quot; solution of increasing funding for YC founders to account for skyrocketing rent - but this only exacerbates the problem for everyone else, including YC companies&#x27; employees and the entire ecosystem that supports them.<p>Tech workers&#x27; willingness and ability to pay ever-increasing rent, underwritten by salaries drawn from irrationally exuberant venture capital investment in tech (low interest rates elsewhere), is driving a housing bubble that, in a vicious cycle, is then further fueled by property investment justified by ever-increasing rents.<p>I guess I was looking more for YC to take a leading role here in proposing solutions, rather than passively hoping for a fix. The simplest, as it seems to me: open a bleeder valve by providing incentives for successful YC companies to &quot;settle&quot; other startup hubs, or even just acting as a broker for bidding by those locations. I&#x27;m sure there are smarter fixes, but I can&#x27;t see the harm in enacting these.