No. You are focused too downstream and skipping the source of the problem. What should be illegal is the surrounding context that causes JP Morgan's decision to

No. You are focused too downstream and skipping the source of the problem. What should be illegal is the surrounding context that causes JP Morgan's decision to buy up units to be detrimental in the first place. This is zoning restrictions that block new unit construction. Without such restrictions, JP Morgan buying up thousands of units does little to both rents and unit values in the long-run.