The Housing Crisis Isn’t a Meme. It’s a Manufactured Disaster. You’ve seen the memes: Boomers selling homes to BlackRock, who then rents them back to broke millennials and Gen Z couples for double the price. Funny, yes—but deeply misleading. Because while BlackRock makes for an easy target, blaming them misses the real cause of today’s housing nightmare: government intervention, regulation, and inflation. Let’s get one thing straight. Rents in America have soared—up 25% in just six years. That’s a genuine crisis. But pointing the finger at private landlords or corporations is not just inaccurate—it plays right into the hands of policymakers pushing for more control, more regulation, and less freedom. So what’s really going on? Why Rent Control Always Backfires…
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