The best idea I ever saw on tumblr was that average rent and minimum wage should be linked, so you can't raise rent without raising minimum wage, and you can't keep pay low without keeping rent low, which would hopefully lead to landlords and bosses fighting with each other
@sarahdal #TwoPercentOfRent The minimum hourly wage is 2% of the median monthly housing expense, excluding metered utilities, in the county or parish where the work is performed.