Developers who own shopping centers have slashed rents in an effort to keep tenants.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

They say a majority of people are afraid of being thrown out of their homes because rents are rising and they do not have the money to keep pace with this.

VOA: standard.2009.09.20

(Speech) Mario Secchi says he was born in Venice, his dad and grand dad were Venetians, but he was forced to emigrate to the mainland because the rents were too high in the historic center.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27