> the cost of housing / rent / owning a house has gone up Not due to landlords, it's because the amount that people can pay for housing has increased -- highe

> the cost of housing / rent / owning a house has gone up Not due to landlords, it's because the amount that people can pay for housing has increased -- higher wages, more multiple-earner households, easier credit, secondary income sources, investment gains. Plus there are more "households" competing for the limited number of available housing units.