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Replace the uprated rent target with a direct current-year ACS aggregate #735

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@MaxGhenis

The current rent target is a hardcoded ACS-derived total uprated by CPI. If we keep rent as a calibration anchor, we should at least use a direct current-year official aggregate rather than uprating a stale benchmark.

Why the current target is weak:

  • It is not administrative.
  • The current value is an uprated aggregate rather than a direct current-year measurement.
  • ACS remains the official broad rent source, but if we use it, we should use the current-year ACS aggregate gross rent directly.

Proposed change:

  • Replace the current hardcoded uprated total with a direct current-year ACS aggregate gross rent benchmark.
  • If we want to move toward an admin-first target set, demote rent from hard calibration entirely, because there is no clean administrative total for national rent paid.

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