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Re:Apartment Rents Fall as Crush of New Supply Hits Market by mbesto on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @11:22PM (#34978731)
That's not what the parent comment was saying. They were saying that there is a reasonable explanation to not develop properties that cater to families - e.g. 4 bedrooms. The alternative is that the 4-bedroom that you conceivably might construct would rent out to 4 individuals who would split the bill...which also introduces a whole bunch of other challenges.

Overall point still seems valid - which is there is little financial advantage to renting out a 4-bedroom property and thus a limited supply.

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Re:Apartment Rents Fall as Crush of New Supply Hits Market by medler on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @11:52PM (#34978908)
They said “they have a rule that they’ll never buy large apartments *and they’ll never rent to families*.”

The second part is the illegal discrimination.

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Re:Apartment Rents Fall as Crush of New Supply Hits Market by chongli on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @06:40AM (#34981246)
People get around this by never putting themselves in the position of having to refuse. If, as a landlord, you only ever buy single bedroom apartments and studios, you aren’t going to run into families that need 4 bedrooms. It’s not illegal for the landlord to discriminate as to what sort of properties they buy.
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Re:Apartment Rents Fall as Crush of New Supply Hits Market by medler on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @07:44AM (#34981743)
I mean, gp recounted a story about someone who has a policy against renting to families, so so it sounds like they do refuse sometimes. Also, where I live, lots of families live in one or two bedroom apartments.
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