Only a third of residents with children can afford to rent an apartment

According to the rating of RIA Novosti from 26.10.2026, Ivanovo region took the 75th place in terms of affordability of housing for families with two children. Only 34.2% of families in the region can afford to rent an apartment. For comfortable rent and daily expenses, such a family needs a monthly income of 113.3 thousand rubles.

The region lags far behind its geographical neighbors. For comparison: in the Yaroslavl region (38th place) rent can allow 53.8% of families with an income of 111.2 thousand rubles, in Nizhny Novgorod (30th place) - 56.6% (110.9 thousand rubles), in Vladimir (60th place) - 46.5% (121.8 thousand rubles), and in Kostroma (61st place) - 46.2% (101.1 thousand rubles).

Neighbors in the rating – the Republic of Altai (74th place, 34.3%, 141.5 thousand rubles) and the Republic of Crimea (76th place, 32.7%, 123.8 thousand rubles) – show similar critically low availability, but with higher financial requirements to the family budget.