If I give you $10, tied to an agreement that you both mvoe to town, and will eventually pay me back (in expectation) $11, and I also own property and suchlike that cause me to (in expectation) get another $7 from you in living costs, then my ROI is 80%.
If I just rent to whomever, I'm not getting the profits from the initial investment, but I'm also not driving up the rents by getting people to move to town. My expected ROI is at least a little bit lower, and possibly quite a bit lower.
Not saying it would actually work out in practice, or that this is something that's being deliberately engineered, but it at least seems plausible.
If I give you $10, tied to an agreement that you both mvoe to town, and will eventually pay me back (in expectation) $11, and I also own property and suchlike that cause me to (in expectation) get another $7 from you in living costs, then my ROI is 80%.
If I just rent to whomever, I'm not getting the profits from the initial investment, but I'm also not driving up the rents by getting people to move to town. My expected ROI is at least a little bit lower, and possibly quite a bit lower.
Not saying it would actually work out in practice, or that this is something that's being deliberately engineered, but it at least seems plausible.