[recursive]

> they have no reason to make them "affordable."

The money they make is {rent} × {units rented}. The reason they don't set rent to $1billion is that they will rent zero of them. I think this shows that they do have a reason to lower prices, at least at some range.

[trimethylpurine]

Sure so long as the assumption is that they aren't cheating. But apparently Congress thinks they are. Hence the lawsuits.