return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoThe rental market is softening so fast in some pockets of the country that landlords have no choice but to offer concessionsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down114
arrow-up1178arrow-down1external-linkThe rental market is softening so fast in some pockets of the country that landlords have no choice but to offer concessionsfortune.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoI think it’s somewhat the opposite. Being forced to pay an extortionate price because otherwise you will be homeless, lose your possession, live on the street, beg friends or family for help, or live in a homeless shelter, isn’t a free market.
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOh it’s a free market alright. It’s not fair, but it is free.
minus-squareZeppo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoKind of. It’s artificially inflated by private parties lobbying and achieving regulatory capture to manipulate the market by constricting supply.
I think it’s somewhat the opposite. Being forced to pay an extortionate price because otherwise you will be homeless, lose your possession, live on the street, beg friends or family for help, or live in a homeless shelter, isn’t a free market.
Oh it’s a free market alright.
It’s not fair, but it is free.
Kind of. It’s artificially inflated by private parties lobbying and achieving regulatory capture to manipulate the market by constricting supply.