This really needs to be a crime.
I read elsewhere that Hedge Funds are buying up 3% of residential real estate every year. That's not sustainable. Here's a chart of recent housing inflation.
Unfortunately, it's hard to deal with it politically. This situation benefits donors, and people who already own homes will be under the illusion it benefits them.
It won't benefit them. Hedge funds have less of an incentive to invest in communities (parks, libraries, schools, etc), and though homeowners may like seeing their home values go up, their kids and grandkids will never own their own homes.
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On a different note, here is the non-housing inflation rate. It's up. There are different theories as to why it's up. These include long COVID decreasing productivity of workers, the government spending during COVID being inflationary, corporate monopolies jacking up prices via greeedflation, and the economic war with Russia and China.
I don't think it's obvious what the answer is, but it is clear that people are suffering.