>and start blaming the shitty ass landlords Blaming the landlord doesn't really solve the problem. If every landlord decided to charge 50% under market rent, i

>and start blaming the shitty ass landlords Blaming the landlord doesn't really solve the problem. If every landlord decided to charge 50% under market rent, it would just mean that apartments would be very over-subscribed and you'd need to be quite lucky to get an apartment. There are various causes to the problem, but a more reasonable one is the unwillingness of the government (in large part due to NIMBY types) to allow for more development, which would increase the housing stock and decrease the pressure on rents. I'm not flat-out advocating for that, but I don't think it's reasonable to just blame every landlord either.