[Ekaros]

So they are fixing an inefficiency in market by actually charging what market can bear. Should be applauded for the work, as inefficient markets are bad. Now they genera more profit which they can invest in more property thus enabling possibly more units to be build.

[Arainach]

Moving all the money into the hands of landlords means that the population has no money to spend on anything else. This is massively detrimental to society.

[parineum]

Good thing nobody suggested that.

Allowing landlords to actually build would drive prices down but overregulation and zoning laws have broken the supply end of the market.

[orwin]

Landlords do not build. And often oppose new development that risk lowering the price of their investment.

[imtringued]

They don't build because local homeowners vote for more restrictive zoning. Private corporations benefit anyway because their property values go up.

[parineum]

And how do they oppose development?

Do they break the kneecaps of their potential new landlord rivals so they don't build new apartments and provide competition?

[sofixa]

> Now they genera more profit which they can invest in more property thus enabling possibly more units to be build.

Except that investing in new property might bring the revenues and profits of their current properties down, so there's a direct disincentive not to build more.