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by aaomidi 821 days ago
Yes you did miss something.

You missed that it’s 10 families, with 20 houses. With one family owning 18 of them.

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So you are saying 80% of homes aren't lived in? I don't believe you, there is no way those numbers are anywhere close to accurate.
No a good portion of them are turned into rentals controlled by a few.

The demand will not go down. The supply always lags behind, and can face hurdles to build, for example - renters are generally not present in city politics.

The supply then use price controlling algorithms to slowly increase and extract the wealth and income of the renters.