The Housing Lie Wall Street Doesn’t Want You To Know
Dear reader,
Look, I'm going to tell you something that'll make people angry.
The housing crisis isn't what you think.
You've seen the memes. Boomers selling to BlackRock. Young couples paying double in rent. It makes you furious, right?
I get it. But you're angry at the wrong enemy.
Rent Control Is a Proven Disaster That Kills Supply and Jacks Up Prices Every Single Time – History screams it from California to Dublin to Argentina: Cap rents, watch builders vanish, inventory dry up, and real costs explode higher than ever.
The Real Villains Aren't BlackRock or "Greedy Investors" – They're Zoning Laws, Regulations, and Government Meddling – Only 3% of rentals are owned by big institutions; loosen the rules like Dallas or Milei's Argentina did, and watch supply flood in while prices crash 40% in months.
Abundance Through Free Markets Beats Socialist "Controls" Every Day – Want cheap housing fast? Unleash builders with freedom, not decrees – that's how you create real wealth and affordability for everyone, not fake fixes that radicalize kids and bankrupt cities.
Here's What Nobody's Telling You
Median rent jumped 25 percent in six years. That's real pain.
Gen-Z is so desperate they're ready to elect socialists who want to abolish private property.
When young people choose socialism, something's broken.
But here's the thing: Corporations own only one in ten apartments. Institutional investors? Just 3 percent of rental property.
BlackRock isn't buying all the houses. The math doesn't work.
So what's really happening?
The Real Problem
Regulation. Zoning laws. Red tape.
And the beautiful lie called rent control.
Look, I've made millions betting against economists. They're usually wrong.
Not this time.
What Actually Happens
Rent control sounds perfect, right? Cap the rent. Protect people.
Here's reality:
Berkeley introduced rent control. Rental units dropped 8 percent. Santa Monica lost 14 percent. St. Paul? Housing construction collapsed 80 percent.
Britain had rent control in the 1950s. Private rentals went from 50 percent of the market to just 8 percent by 1988.
Dublin has Europe's strictest rent control. Average residents spend half their income on rent. Half.
The controls created scarcity. Scarcity drove prices insane.
The Argentina Lesson
Buenos Aires introduced rent control in 2020. Rent exploded 140 percent by 2023.
Then Javier Milei killed rent control in December 2023.
What happened? Housing supply up 195 percent in eight months. Prices are down 40 percent.
Freedom worked. Control failed. Again.
Dallas Gets It Right
Dallas has loose zoning laws. Real rent prices fell 10 percent since 2022—even with California refugees flooding in.
More people. Lower rent. How? They let builders build. Simple.
The Real Villain
In many cities, you need neighbor approval to build. Your neighbor decides if you can build.
What's their incentive? Restrict supply. Drive up their property value.
It's rigged.
Young people are right to be angry. They're just angry at the wrong target.
The problem is government. Inflation. Restrictions. Regulation.
Price controls that look like compassion but deliver poverty.
How Markets Actually Work
When rent rises somewhere, developers notice. They build there. Supply increases. Competition follows. Prices fall.
It's not complicated. But it requires freedom.
Politicians hate that. They can't take credit for freedom. They can take credit for controls—even when controls destroy everything.
The Only Real Solution
You want affordable housing?
Free the builders. Cut the red tape. Kill rent control. Slash zoning restrictions.
That's it. That's the answer.
You cannot legislate affordability. You can only get out of the way.
Bottom Line
The housing crisis is real. The pain is real.
But rent control is poison. It feels good. It sounds compassionate. It destroys everything.
Every. Single. Time.
Argentina proved it. Dallas proved it. History proves it.
Only abundance creates affordability. Only freedom creates abundance.
Everything else is a lie.
Stop falling for it. Your future depends on it.
Robert Kiyosaki
Editor, Money Power and Profit
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