There's a set of presumptions that can inherently defy our best efforts at redirection even when we can offer concrete factual refutations.
I unhesitatingly use the phrase "Breaking Set&Setting" as a most apt one, Call it an "Anti-Fnord! so to speak... Do look up the ancestry of the terms if they're not old friends:)
Summary- We've a set and setting that demands inflation of rents as if it were desirable, or even mandatory. the end result is inevitable yet NOT mandatory. Can we discuss strategies to fix the Rent Problem?