While increases in the housing market can be felt across the state, Chandler renters have faced a particularly turbulent market — a Rent.com report published in May found the city at the highest national increase in rent for two-bedroom apartments.
According to Rent.com, the city claimed the highest increase rate nationally at 68.6 % in year-to-year rent for two-bedroom units. In the May report, Chandler beat out cities like Miami, Portland, Salt Lake City and Nashville for the title.
“Arizona is a victim of its own success,” Chandler City Councilmember Matt Orlando said. “People want to move here so now we have to create dwellings to be able to accommodate those individuals, but we’re running out of room.”
