If they’re monopolizing the housing market, absolutely.
I think there’s a middle ground between ‘consuming all housing stock in hopes of making airbnbs’ and ‘illegal’. There’s a legitimate case for short term and medium term residence that doesn’t make sense with ownership. However while we should accommodate those, it is a fair point the market should be regulated so that people have a reasonable path to ownership if it makes sense without being stuck with competing with rent-seeking corporations sucking up all the inventory.
I think there’s a middle ground between ‘consuming all housing stock in hopes of making airbnbs’ and ‘illegal’. There’s a legitimate case for short term and medium term residence that doesn’t make sense with ownership. However while we should accommodate those, it is a fair point the market should be regulated so that people have a reasonable path to ownership if it makes sense without being stuck with competing with rent-seeking corporations sucking up all the inventory.
Sure. Neither case requires speculative investors to enter the market and maximize profits.
You’re confusing physical infrastructure with rent seeking bureaucracy.