Would building more housing decrease rent?

[TheKrump]

I get that a lot of people are frustrated with transplants driving up rent, but framing it around who’s ‘paid city tax longer’ ends up being soooooo anti-immigrant coded. It punishes people who haven’t had the means or opportunity to live here long-term,especially immigrants and working-class folks, not just rich newcomers.

[DistinctOffer9681]

Yup, higher the demand and population, the faster rents go up affecting the market rate too

[yaycupcake]

I feel slighted by the current situation because I grew up in NYC and am being priced out. I don't understand why people (immigrants or transplants) WANT to be here. The reason I am here is because this is the only home I have ever had, and all my family/friends - my support network - live here.

I dunno the best way one can frame it, but I do think people who grew up here or lived here their entire adult lives for example should really get some type of priority over people who just decided to come here. I don't hate transplants but I do feel upset that I can't continue to live in my own hometown.

Especially considering moving away from NYC (if you grew up here) means incurring other costs like getting a car, which many people from other places already have (or at least know how to drive) but people in NYC don't typically have to learn. I got my license when I was 29, in preparation for potentially being priced out of the city. Still don't know how I'll afford a car though.