“From 2000-2014, incomes have grown 25% while rents have grown 53%”
I wonder if there is any correlation with rent controls and renter protections that have been passed.
How about artificially inflating the price of houses, driving up rents in sympathy (via Fannie Mae’s magic housing money machine) and then, after the crash, forcing people out of their homes and into rentals, further driving up demand for that type of housing.