this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2023
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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Landlords buy buildings --> More available rentals so people have more choices on where to live

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then there's the real world.

Large groups of landlords/property management companies buy the majority of residential buildings in an area -> theres essentially nowhere else left to live -> they collude to increase prices