> If a 4x increase in rent is bearable by the market... it's a sign of a broken system This person thinks the rent increase wouldn't actually be borne by the m

> If a 4x increase in rent is bearable by the market... it's a sign of a broken system This person thinks the rent increase wouldn't actually be borne by the market. Maybe the landlord has no actual expectation of making that much, and setting the price so high is just to get rid of this renter. Whether that's an OK tactic is debatable I guess, but legal trickery around zoning laws and lying about prices sound like signs of a broken system too.