Virginia, I am absolutely horrified!
I heard about lots of shady practices, especially in the domain of real estate or housing markets, and there have been lots of abuses (the so-called up-scalings, driving off people from lower income classes or elderly people) and shady practices are going on everywhere - since long.
Here in Europe, the housing shortage has caused a rising number of "year-round camping places" or mobile mini-houses, appartment communities (which might work for students for a limited time span), and still more homeless people.
Residential buildings and zones at reasonable prices are becoming rare or lack essential services and facilities:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commuter_town
http://www.businessinsider.com/15-suburbs-that-are-turning-into-slums-2010-7?IR=T
You might have heard of the ecological trends allowing to save energy (passive energy), water (closed loop systems), temperature regulation and clean air with plants, etc. But most of these environmentally friendly systems have been monopolised by big interests and turned into luxus residences.
And even a vertical forest cannot replace a natural environment and its biodiversity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosco_Verticale
Additionally, retirement and nursing homes for elderly people are too often involved in abuse scandals:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK98786/
There are also all these medications from the big pharma industries, "fashionable" treatments, cures and therapies, which go against dignity and seem to use elderly people more as test persons, or as consumers of over-priced items said to improve their comfort or mobility.
http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/churn-after-reading/the-business-of-old-age-age-old-bigotry/