No. What happened was that after the Bush Depression of 2007 big players started buying up thousands and thousands of foreclosed homes. Even a minor player like Sean Hannity owns over 800 places. This means that a vast number of homes are in the hands of people who have no desire/need to sell them. they would much rather rent the places than sell. That's the problem.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

That **a** problem for sure, imo, **the** problem is the cost of your average house is 10-12 times more than the average wage, rather 3-4 times like it was for our parents and grandparents.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

The OP's problem is the cause of your problem.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Which is also misleading, because the average home now is much, much bigger than our parents and grandparents homes and have many more systems. In 1950, the average home size was 980sqft. Today, that would almost be considered a tiny home and the average home is 2,500sqft.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

But none of these players represent a major share of the market. They're all price takers The problem is America uses zoning and land use restriction in general to jack up the price of housing. It's great for the upper middle and upper classes, but bad for society as a whole

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It's almost like they want the system to be able to charge more then it's worth

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yeah, like Blackrock was watching those TV shows

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Agreed

by Anonymous 2 years ago

They don't even do any actual fixing, they just turn a deathtrap into a very pretty deathtrap.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I don't know, I think the original poster is correct, but ultimately the topic is too complex for me. Here's a nationalgeographic article that talks about both sides of gentrification. In the end, I really don't know and more importantly cannot know with my current knowledge. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/gentrification/

by Anonymous 2 years ago