Landlords are the reason inflation is so high. The CPI report has shown for almost a year now rents have played an outsized roll in the increase in costs. According to the wall street journal homelessness has increased and profit margins for reits that target single family homes are skyrockting. According to PEW trust investors own 1/4th of all single family homes at this point. If landlords want to increase homelessness and destroy the American dream I don't understand why people aren't fighting for stronger tenant and community protections against speculators. Tenants protections, rent control, anti-airbnb laws, Vacancy taxes, land value tax etc.
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https://www.livemint.com/news/homeless-numbers-rise-in-u-s-cities-11687171923240.html