It makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Property owners use their powers to increase prices on non-owners, efficiently siphoning off as much of their income as the

It makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Property owners use their powers to increase prices on non-owners, efficiently siphoning off as much of their income as they can. In a lot of cases this amounts to parents siphoning off their children's income, so why wouldn't they have both the ability and obligation to kick back that income? Seems like one of the main effects will be greater interfamily inequality. The housing trick only works in some places though, so the best way to break free of this is to move to a 2nd or 3rd tier city and try to make it on your own. Many thing (jobs, free parental childcare, aesthetic preferences etc) make this not possible for many.