Haven Court's housing lottery is now live in Mott Haven, putting 129 apartments up for grabs through the city's Housing Connect portal, with applications due by March 16, 2026. The two-building development covers several affordability bands, with advertised rents starting at $545 for some studio units and topping out at $2,571 for two-bedrooms at the highest AMI tier.
Rents in the St. Louis metro are easing as 2025 comes to a close, offering renters some relief after several years of uneven price growth going into the new year. The Realtor.com® November 2025 Rental Report shows that asking rents in St. Louis are now lower than they were a year ago, placing the metro within the broader national rental cooldown. While the trend is encouraging, affordability remains a concern for many households across the region.
Rents in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro are easing as 2025 comes to a close, signaling a shift in one of the nation's most expensive rental markets. The Realtor.com® November 2025 Rental Report shows that asking rents are finally pulling back after years of intense pressure, though costs remain high by any standard. Article continues below this ad For renters across Greater Boston, the trend offers relief-but unfortunately, not a reset.
The United States is short 4 million housing units, with a particular dearth of starter homes, moderately priced apartments in low-rises, and family-friendly dwellings. Interest rates are high, which has stifled construction and pushed up the cost of mortgages. As a result, more Americans are renting, and roughly half of those households are spending more than a third of their income on shelter.
As rents climb, the once-romanticized vision of living alone and eating your first cup of noodles in an unfurnished apartment recently started to feel like a dream of the past. But now, the rent-burdened generation may see some hope. The " Carrie Bradshaw Index," (named after the fictional Sex and the City character), released by The Economist, ranks 100 of the country's major cities by affordability for people who are chasing that solo-living dream, from the most expensive to the least.
My trusty spreadsheet identified this affordability challenge by analyzing 2024 Census Bureau housing data for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. These latest figures detail swings in who's renting, how much they pay, and how many tenant households are financially swamped by rental expenses - that's rent plus utilities exceeding 50% of incomes. Remember, California is the nation's largest rental market with 6.1 million tenant households.
