It depends, but I don't think it's true to say there is no conflict. The article centres around the Canadian market, and in many areas there's a active push aga

It depends, but I don't think it's true to say there is no conflict. The article centres around the Canadian market, and in many areas there's a active push against building more types of housing, zoning changes, demographics changing, from both landlords and homeowners that essentially have control over neighborhoods that are already predominantly populated by people who have no option to buy into that same neighborhood, but who otherwise make that neighborhood. Many homeowners have prejudice against different types of housing other than these behemoth ranch houses or Victorian mansions, yet are perfectly happy enough to literally lift up their house and rebuild their ground floor as a rental unit, effectively preventing renters from doing anything but renting basements. Homeowners, regardless of whether they're landlords or not, will sometimes actively oppose anything they think will negatively impact their appreciation, regardless of whether it's even remotely true, sometimes even going so far as to preemptively move away if mid-rise apartments go in nearby.