Btw, where did ya get this? Personally speaking, I had one job where I went 4 years with zero pay increase.
Most years I got pay increases. Some years there were none. Some years there was forced time off. But when inflation raged, there were always increases.
And, when times were tough and there were no increases, rent was stable or even declined.
But my major point was that a landlord who passes on inflationary rent increases is not an evil man, only one who has planned, worked and saved. All great virtues in the USA.