People often have tales like this. For instance, in Denver, they tell tales of developers who greedily sell homes for high prices. But the local Democratic Socialists of America lobbied hard with many other people to preserve a local golf course over allowing someone to build a home. It is a natural characteristic that the demand curve takes effect with fixed supply.

Some folks like to lament greed or profit, while adamantly refusing policy that makes markets efficient and erodes margins. It is an interesting dynamic.