The Iranian regime deliberately hides true statistics from the public, with the data released sporadically by special institutions in an attempt to shirk accountability. One of the statistics that we should look at is that 40% of Iranian families are tenants, who have to move to smaller houses every couple of years because of rising rents. Since 1986, the percentage of tenants has tripled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jahan news daily wrote on June 2 that 13% of Iranians in urban areas were renting, but this rose to 40% in 2021. The Khorasan daily wrote a similar article the next day, where they explained that housing prices are rising, while the budget of families is getting more stretched with wages dropping by over half in just the past ten years, with almost half of a household budget being allocated to rent this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, one of the other issues, in addition to the lack of money to pay for housing, the regime is also failing to build enough properties to house Iranians, despite presidents Hassan Rouhani<\/a> and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad promising housing plans and projects to replace crumbling old units. Even the houses built under these schemes have become a waste of money and created many problems, so experts are questioning what is going on with these programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n