I feel like their plan could destroy espanola

I'm by no means an expert in economics, but I can't shake this feeling.

So let's say Whitney and asher get their way. What does Espanola look like? Whitney and asher own most of the successful businesses, and subsidize rent for a large amount of the homes. They also hire people at their businesses so they can pay rent. if everything works in their favor, it feels like they would have the entire town in their control. An entire town built on top of whitneys ego. The entire economy dependant on her financial success. whitneys slumlord parents loaned her a million dollars to make this happen, which means shed have to pay them back with the profit they make.

In a way, I feel like this is even more sinister than her parents being slumlords. Her parents know what they're about, and they're out in the open about it. It's not enough for Whitney to do what her parents do, she also needs to be seen as morally perfect for doing it. I also think she's kind of in denial of the fact that she's doing the same thing.

She wants the comfortable stable income her parents have, but she doesn't want to be "caught" the way her parents were.

And what's really spooky is that her parents are content with the buildings they have. Whitney seems to want an entire town under her control. She insists it's not about turning a profit, but at the end of the day, she has to pay back at least a million dollars to the very people she doesn't want to be associated with in any way.

And what happens when they get what they want and but it falls apart cause they can't pay back the loan? The entire town collapses. People lose their homes because their rent is no longer subsidized. All the businesses in town close. The economy they artificially built up flatlines. That guy can't pay for his mom's cancer treatment. Then, realizing she has to pay back her loans, Whitney becomes a straight up slum lord. Shed essentially be trapped into working as a slumlord for her parents. She pretends to be charitable but all she's ever cared about is self preservation. And when the time comes, shed absolutely do whatever it takes to keep herself from going under.