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What the fuck is this linear fit lol

To me this is, to the extent it means anything at all, a pretty strong argument that short supply is not the problem. Which kind of makes sense. The problem is predatory corporate landlords. Build more units, the predatory landlords say "oh sweet" and use some of their Scrooge McDuck pile of money to buy them all up and rent them at inflated prices because they're "luxury" as new construction. That seems a more likely to me than the other way.

I'm sure this graph ic accurate or something but tbh all I can make out is random dots lol

To be clear, it is still insanely expensive in Austin, but this is at least a glimmer of hope.

And the prices keep outpacing wages unless we restrict the ownership of homes to people who live in them

Too bad it is all being used for AirBNBs