Not necessarily true. Investors treating real estate as a commodity (because everyone has to live somewhere) cause prices to skyrocket. AirBnB et. al removing

Not necessarily true. Investors treating real estate as a commodity (because everyone has to live somewhere) cause prices to skyrocket. AirBnB et. al removing long-term rental options to make unregulated hotels causes prices to skyrocket. Commercial landlords who would rather leave an apartment empty than drop the price cause prices to skyrocket. I agree that urban living is still desired, but that desire is only part of the price story.