That's because there's a thing called the social contract, which makes it clear to anyone who can parse situations like a mature adult that all policy has wider

That's because there's a thing called the social contract, which makes it clear to anyone who can parse situations like a mature adult that all policy has wider social consequences, and short term gimme gimme can have disastrous long term results. And also because "consensual agreements" rarely are. Typically one party has more power than the other and can force terms. By definition, you only get truly consensual agreements when the balance of power is equal - which it very much isn't in rental markets with deliberately restricted stock.