Worcester rents have increased by 6.1%
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145 Front at City Square
In the last year, Worcester rents have increased by 6.1%, as of the third quarter, good for sixth place in small U.S. metro areas, according to a Texas real estate data firm.
According to RealPage, Worcester’s average rent in the third quarter was $1,693 per month, with 97.5% of those units occupied and 393 more under construction. In the third quarter 2018, the average rent was $1,595 per month.
RealPage said total U.S. apartment occupancy in the third quarter climbed to 96.3%, up from 95.9% the year prior.
Several notable apartment projects completed within about the last year are the 365-unit 145 Front St. apartments and 48 apartments above the Worcester Public Market in Kelley Square.
The Central Building at 332 Main St. was also rehabilitated with 55 new apartment units.
Worcester’s rent growth was higher than Huntsville, Ala.; Fresno, Calif.; Portland, Maine; Spoke, Wash.; Albuquerque, N.M.; and Johnson City, Tenn.
Wilmington, N.C. had the highest rent increase at 8.2%, followed by Boise, Idaho; Tucson, Ariz.; Santa Maria and Santa Barbara, Calif; and Bakersfield, Calif.
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Developers are buying three deckers, evicting everyone, fixing them up and then charging two or three times as much. Maybe Worcester needs to look at Just Cause Eviction laws even if they didn't pass in Boston. People who can't afford Boston are coming here. Where are Worcester residents supposed to go?
I’m one of those renters and it is so very scary to see the rents going this high. I dread to see what will happen to the poor and lower middle class like myself who are already struggling to make ends meet. Is this really what we want our city to be known for? Can we make it about humanity for once?
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