I can agree, renting is an inevitable waste, I used to rent a house for 5 years, it's really wasteful but there is no other way. If I save enough money to buy a house in my country, then with the meager income of a worker like me, it will take more than 50 years for me to save enough money. But while our lives are apart from housing, we have hundreds of other expenses to take care of, so owning a home is sometimes impossible for many people, and the only option is rent.
If there is no other choice, then we are obliged to rent housing. Sometimes I think that maybe it's for the better, things have changed a lot in the last year and I've seen a lot of people have to leave their homes and move to other cities where they rent housing. If I have not spent the money to buy a home, then I will have reserves that will allow me to rent a home for a long time. For now, this is the best option for me, it may change in the future, but for now I will only rent an apartment.