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> There are plenty of landlords who are losing money on their rental property.

Only until your current lease term expires, at which point your housing costs will unexpectedly rise (and sometimes quite dramatically). Unless you live in such an undesirable location that the landlord is desperate for any tenant, they aren't crazy enough to agree to a lease on which they'll lose money.

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Not true. Landlords may prefer to forgo a new tenant and keep rent increases reasonable for many reasons. The cost of tenant turnover can be very high. They may not want to take the risk of a new tenant over a know good tenant. The local rental market may not support a rent increase.

I have been a landlord and not raised rents many times. I have also been a renter and have had no rent increases or very modest rent increases for many years while renting.

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