I and most people my age in my area are trying to purchase our living space. When you rent, you don't have to pay for maintenance, but you also don't get any r

I and most people my age in my area are trying to purchase our living space. When you rent, you don't have to pay for maintenance, but you also don't get any return from the money you put into it. It's a fee you pay for a place to sleep, rather than an investment. There being more rental space in my area isn't beneficial to me or most people in my generation and socioeconomic class. It's beneficial to those who own the rental homes. You'd think the price of rent would at least go down with all these new apartment buildings coming in, but it's risen much faster than inflation even for my no frills, poorly maintained apartment.