<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/press-releases/2022/rents-may-2022.php" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>06/28/2022</pubDate><title>Rising Interest Rates Not Likely to Give Renters Relief</title><description>Crushing rent increases remain the norm across Florida and beyond, and the Federal Reserve’s recent interest rate hike is unlikely to improve the landscape for cash-strapped renters, according to researchers at Florida Atlantic University and two other schools.</description><author>Paul Owers</author><email>powers@fau.edu</email><image><img src="https://faucob.omniweb.cloud/images/business/newsroom/images/2022-06-May-Rents.jpg" alt="Rental apartments in May 2022"/></image><category>Faculty/Staff,Initiatives,Research</category><tags><tag>Executive-Education</tag><tag>Finance</tag><tag>Press-Releases</tag><tag>Real-Estate</tag></tags></item>