• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    The thing that causes a rise in rents is a mismatch between supply and demand.

    The thing that causes the restricted supply the the government constantly and continually cracking down to suppress new housing construction.

    Zoning laws have gone far beyond their useful purview and are now gerrymandered to protect the property values of wealthy people.