Pretty sure I said that in the second and third lines of my three line comment: > If there is a problem, it's with the availability of land for building new ho

Pretty sure I said that in the second and third lines of my three line comment: > If there is a problem, it's with the availability of land for building new housing. Zoning laws and NIMBYism artificially constrain the supply side of the equation, which drives up rents. There is no extortion happening - just supply constriction.