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Ok-Title-270 t1_j7ugu2j wrote

Reply to comment by SomeConstructionGuy in How Can We The Increase Affordable Housing Supply? Ideas? by twentiesforever

And that constitutes a cartel in your mind?

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SomeConstructionGuy t1_j7uhf91 wrote

“an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition.”

Yes. Many corporate property owners using common software to set prices enabling prices to be artificially inflated certainly looks like a cartel.

Do you disagree? And if so why?

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Ok-Title-270 t1_j81s8k3 wrote

I disagree because it's not that centralized and additionally is only able to happen because of government intervention

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