Our landlord takes 'his' 7% return on investment in the property and adds to that a 2% increase in rental prices.  
Why are tenants not protected against such Scroogery?  
Why do our legislators think that it is more important to kowtow to the 1% and its buffer (59%) than to the 40% or so who rent?  Does not our nation's constitution call on them to "promote the general Welfare"?  
('General' means "Including or involving *every* part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.".)