I think it's more incompetence and corruption. Single party rule has led to increasing corruption and more people needing to be dealt into that corruption. I do think some of the anti-police policies are designed to drive down prices in certain, desirable parts of town which can be bought for cheap and then held on to. If you're wealthy these covid lockdowns have driven so many businesses into bankruptcy and so many folks that will soon be out of their homes that they can swoop in and buy up everything on the cheap.