If they go away then almost certainly it would

I do too, even though this could hurt my family quite a bit. We purchased our first house just about at the peak of pricing. It went up a little afterward, but we're paying an absurd amount for what we got. I doubt rentals will go down unless housing prices do, which would royally fuck anyone who bought a house to get away from the crazy rental rates, like us. But... rental rates are insane. Nobody should have to pay that much just to have a roof over their head. Fuck that shit. We are scraping by, and I do sincerely hope the rental prices come down so others aren't forced to live like we will be for the next 30 years.