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> Russia does not have landlords. Virtually all apartments available for rent belong to moms and pops who happen to have a surplus so they're renting out.

Also known as "being a landlord"? Maybe I'm missing something!?

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OP's phrasing is pretty odd. Maybe they're using "landlord" to specifically mean someone that makes a career out of real estate.

A lot of the blame for the rent crisis in the US is put on big corporate landlords.

I have no idea to what extent it is actually the case that they are to blame, but mom-and-pop businesses are never as popular to attack.

I don't know too much about the industry either, but I do recall recently that large corporate landlords have been revealed to be engaging in nationwide rent fixing: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-fbi-rai...

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