INVESTORS' IMPACT ON HOUSING

Housing is no longer just a place to live-it has become a commodity for speculation. Investors both large and small, have reshaped the housing market by manipulating demand and inflating prices. This report explains how investor involvement affects affordability, supply and the future renters.

For decades, homes were primarily seen as a place to live. Today, they are increasingly treated as financial assets, bought and sold for profit rather than shelter. Investors purchase homes not to live in them, but to extract rent or resell at inflated prices. This shifts the housing market away from serving human needs towards serving financial gain.

For renters, investors dominance means higher rents and fewer chances to buy. Families are outbid by cash offers from corporations and wealthy individuals, leaving them trapped on the financial treadmill of the rental cycle. Even when renters could afford a mortgage, they are denied ownership because investors inflate home values beyond reach.

Investors distort the basic supply-and-demand equation. By purchasing large numbers of homes, they reduce supply for ordinary buyers. At the same time, they create artificial demand, driving up prices. This manipulation ensures that housing remains scarce and expensive, forcing more people into long-term renting.

Investors involvement widens the gap between rich and poor. Owners and investors accumulate wealth, while renters see their money siphoned away. This inequality is compounded by government policies that favor investment returns over human rights, deepening the crisis of affordability and security.

Some argue that investor control of housing is more than an economic problem-it is a moral crime. By depriving millions from access to shelter, and stability. Investors are engaging in a systemic exploitation that undermines the very foundation of society. The Renters Revolution calls this what it is: a structural injustice that must be ended.