The tenants took refuge in the villages
According to Tejarat News, about one third of Iranians are renters. Increase in the cost of urban living Housing rent On the one hand, and environmental problems on the other, pushed some of them from the cities to the villages and outskirts of the cities.
The increase in house rent in the last one or two years was a big concern for tenants. Now, a housing expert says that with this economic situation and costs, the migration of tenants to the villages will increase.
Reverse migration From cities to villages has been raised many times in recent years. Now, the new data of the Iranian Statistics Center show a decrease in house rent in cities. The forecast of experts does not give a clear perspective of the reduction of house rent.
Reduction of urban rent in the last 5 years
According to a new report Statistical Center of IranIn 2015, the percentage of urban renter households was 25.21%. In 1400, however, it reached 23.16%. This is despite the fact that about one third of Iranians are tenants. Last year, more than 68% of Iranians owned property in cities.
Meanwhile, however Housing rent There was an increase in the village. Although it is not noticeable, it can still be a sign of the desire to rent property in villages. In 1395, the housing rent in the village was 4.42, but in 1400 it reached 4.94.
National housing movement So far, it has not solved the problem of housing. A project that is still in the initial stages and it is not clear when these units will be delivered to the applicants.
10 million housing units, the country’s need
Mojtabi Bigdali, a housing expert, says about this situation: “For nearly 10 years, not a single residential unit was built in the form of a national plan.”
Bigdali continues: “In the country, we have an urgent need for about eight to 10 million housing units. “We are faced with a population that wants independent housing, and this is a serious crisis.”
This housing expert says: “Banks not only do not help the housing industry, but they have become traders in the housing field. On the other hand, they also create money. “If we want to fix the rental situation, we are doomed to produce housing, but unfortunately, we only heard slogans in this regard.”
Housing rent in the village will increase
Bigdley says that due to this issue, 100% of some tenants Rent housing in the village they turn Even so, this reverse migration has taken place because it is easier to rent a house in the village than in the cities.
This real estate expert says: “In the last one or two years, some tenants lived in prominent neighborhoods of Tehran, now they live in the outskirts of Tehran or in the villages around Tehran. People can no longer afford to pay Housing rent They don’t have it.”
“Every year,” he says Migration It increases from the city to the village because housing was not produced and people cannot pay rent in the cities. Year by year, this figure increases terribly.”
In addition to immigration due to the increase in living costs, Climate migration is also going on in the country. So that in 2021, 41 thousand people were displaced inside the country due to natural disasters such as floods and dust.
The population balance in the country was disturbed
The totality of this situation disturbs the population balance in Iran. On the one hand, immigration destinations are overflowing, and on the other hand, some cities are deserted.
Earlier, Mahmoud Mushfaq, director of the Demography Department of Allameh Tabatabai University, told Tejarat News: “The population balance in the country is messed up.” If this situation is not taken care of, internal migrations will increase sharply. We can no longer ignore this issue because it is tied to national security.”