Apartments need Rent

[ItMe]

And if everything had rent?

Then apartments would still be uniquely upsetting people in that you used to not need to worry about demo, but now you do.

Either way, please explain to me (I may have missed it, sorry if I'm asking you to re-explain yourself) how adding rent accomplishes the goal from your original post:

So I'm trying to think of a way to make an apartment a more attractive option compared to housing,