KhMAO and YaNAO top the ranking of Russian regions for rental housing affordability
According to an RIA Novosti study for January–September 2026, the share of Russian families able to rent a two-room apartment reached a record 53.6% — an eight-year high. The leaders were the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, while Chechnya and Ingushetia were at the bottom. At the same time, the income a family needs to rent has grown by more than 60% since 2019.
Aziz Karimov