How to fix high rent in Cities Skylines 2
Oct. 31, 2023How to solve the high rent problem in Cities Skylines 2
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If you have a Cities Skylines 2 high rent problem, you’re not the only one; many fast-growing towns experience this issue, with either residential, commercial, or industrial rent becoming too high to afford. Luckily, if your city is suffering from high rent, there are ways to fix it and smooth over anyCities Skylines 2 moneyissues.
From creating affordable housing to providing better education, here’s how to fix high rent issues in Cities Skylines 2. And if you need help more generally theseCities Skylines 2 tipsshould help with plenty of things.
The Cities Skylines 2 high rent problem explained
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The Cities Skylines 2 high rent warning often appears in small but rapidly expanding towns. You can recognize the warning by its icon: a blue house with a red banknote in front. If you hover over this little icon, you’ll see the “high rent” message on your screen.
As you would expect, the high rent pop-up means that the people living or working in that area have trouble paying their rent. This may occur in any type of zone, from residential to industrial. However, it’s usually not a reason for panic, as it takes a very long time for high rent issues to result in building abandonment. Still, if you want to keep your citizens happy and their businesses profitable, it’s important to fix the issue.
Before solving your Cities Skylines 2 high rent troubles, let’s identify the cause of the problem, as there may be different reasons why the rent has gone up. Here’s an overview of potential reasons why your citizens are struggling with their rent:
Now that you’ve identified the issue, let’s go over the various ways to fix high rent in Cities Skylines 2:
Beware thatlowering taxesdoesn’t seem to fix high rent. Although this may seem to be the obvious solution, as lowering taxes would leave your citizens with more money to spend on rent, it may actually increase the demand for housing in your city and thus create the opposite effect.
Likewise,building low-rent housingseems to be another obvious solution, but sadly, there’s often no demand for low-rent housing even if half your city suffers from high rent (although this could be a bug). Replacing a residential area with low-rent housing is thus not a great fix – but you can still try upgrading to high-density housing as suggested above.
Like other common issues in Cities Skylines 2, some players are wondering if the high rent problem is bugged. As cities with wealthy citizens and plenty of available housing and jobs still seem to struggle with high rent, this could indeed be the case. Even if a future patch decreases the frequency of the high rent message in Cities Skylines 2, you should still be able to use the suggestions above to solve the issue.
And that’s how to fix high rent in Cities Skylines 2. Time to get the zoning tool – or the bulldozer.
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