I always find it strange that articles on this topic go directly from wages to rent prices without acknowledging there is a human making the decision to raise rent in between. It's as if people have begun to believe that the relationship between demand and increased prices is a physical law rather than a societal tendency.
Consider the following alternatives. 1. A land owner decides not to raise the rent on their properties. (It might shock some to know that people do, willingly leave money on the table for all sorts of reasons) 2. Regulation fetters rent increases to prevent people from having to leave their homes.
I think there are many good examples where the above do not, and have not happened. But I take issue with the blindspot, or purposeful omission, of such discussion. Perhaps I am being overly harsh on readers of such articles, but I suspect that by omitting these considerations, you decrease the chance that one will call for property tax controls, rent caps, or organize local property owners into a self-regulating body to limit rent increases.