Jeff Bezos Says ‘Some Politicians Are Governing Correctly,’ Points To Austin, Texas, Where Housing Prices Are Going Down — It's Not 'Greedy Landlords'

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Blaming landlords for expensive housing is an easy political talking point. Getting more homes built is harder. Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos says the difference helps explain why some cities are getting housing policy right while others are making affordability worse. "Instead of working on the real solution, it's very common for — in the case of housing — certain politicians to point at landlords and say, 'This is the fault of greedy landlords,'" Bezos told Fox News in October. "This isn't what is going on." Bezos said housing prices come down to a basic economic principle: supply and demand.