Even if they're not colluding, they are acting in a antisocial manner in that they're maximizing profit and not occupancy. If they were a utility, this would r

Even if they're not colluding, they are acting in a antisocial manner in that they're maximizing profit and not occupancy. If they were a utility, this would resemble selling all your water to las Vegas because they could pay the most and not selling to anyone else even if las vegas' usage drops. Sidelining things to artificially create scarcity is bad for everyone.