Converted under the official exchange rate, the new rent may still seem low, slightly more than $20 a month.

But the new rents may not exceed the old ones by more than 50 percent.

"But the common sense of the people is that they won't be able to afford the new rents."

She didn't even bother to ask if we could afford the new rent.

Others are asked for a new rent that often represents an increase of 500 to 800 percent.

The new rents come to about $100 a room per month.

Its new rent is about $35 a square foot a year, or two and a half times what it had paid, for less space, before.

Their new rents would be based on apartment size and household income.

On the other hand, an expert is a person appointed to fix the new rent.

Under Mark to Market, the new rent will be $850.