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[kevin_thibedeau]

It's REITs buying up housing for rental that drives up the pricing. There are serious social consequences to financializing basic needs.

[JumpCrisscross → kevin_thibedeau]

> It's REITs buying up housing for rental that drives up the pricing

Almost certainly not. Institutional investors are too little of the market. And every time someone has seriously investigated this hypothesis, the evidence has been lacking.