I can tell you right now because there's absolutely no rent controls in utah. That is not made housing any cheaper here in fact it's gone up astronomically over just the last 5 to 6 years. And I can also tell you that building out additional housing is not helped the fact either. Because all their building is huge houses that really start at 450 to 650,000. I live in an area of town that traditionally was low income and not necessarily great. The area I live in is much nicer and I've lived there for quite a long time. But watching all of the new housing pop up and I literally had probably eight neighborhoods pop up of dozens and dozens of houses and the cheapest one out of those is $475,000. And I can tell you by looking at the housing market around me with all the existing homes and watching them sit because the housing market is so overpriced that even homes that literally 6 years ago for selling for 225 to 275,000 that are now selling for $480 to 650,000 or more. It's not about the number of houses available it's about the market in the glut. And you're right I'm not in the position to purchase the house. I could if I wanted to. I make plenty of money but I really like where I live I don't mind renting my landlord is awesome I've literally lived there for 12 years I get to do anything to the home that I want there's not even a problem there and I pay less than what I pay trying to buy a house that's smaller than where I live. I've looked at owning a home I've looked out purchasing a house I qualify I have the money available I have the income way above the median and Utah but I won't pay for the shitty ass homes that they want so much fucking money for.
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