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[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

that's just factually not true. i'll explain it slowly so you can follow:

rent is determined by two things: cost of construction and profit of the landlord.

cost of construction is more or less constant and wouldn't change if people have more money to spend. profit of the landlord is subject to the free market, i.e. if renting out apartments becomes overly attractive (as in, landlords make more money with it), then new people will enter the market to also become landlords and rent out apartments. since these landlords are all competing against each other, they try to be more attractive to potential customers by lowering their rent, which means lowering their own profit. that's how the free market works.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The way it actually works is that all the landlords outsource their paperwork to a rental management company like RealPage, which then algorithmically fix prices to be as high as possible.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

as high as possible

as high as possible without losing customers to competing landlords

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are homeless people. They've already priced out millions of people. They don't give a shit about "losing customers". RealPage is the default service in the US, meaning everyone's rent in each city is in the same ballpark and gets the same rent increase every year.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Not everywhere. Shockingly to many, cities with higher rates of apartment construction have falling rents.

https://www.redfin.com/news/rental-tracker-may-2025/

“Apartment construction in America has been hovering near a 50-year high, and even though renter demand is strong, it’s not keeping pace with supply,” said Redfin Senior Economist Sheharyar Bokhari. “Many units are sitting vacant for months, which means renters have power to negotiate concessions and landlords have less leeway to keep rents high.”

They’ve already priced out millions of people.

yeah because construction costs alone are higher than these people can pay in rent.

[–] bluesocks@lemmings.world -1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, you're an actual idiot.

Keep being taken advantage of accordingly.