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Catherine Lewis

Cities: Skylines 2's upcoming patch will fix the city builder's 'high rent' issue by throwing out "the virtual landlord" and letting renters pay for a building's upkeep equally

A screenshot from Cities: Skylines 2 showing a street at night.

Colossal Order's city-building sim Cities: Skylines 2 is finally set to fix its 'high rent' issue in an upcoming patch, with the developers tackling it in the simplest way possible – by removing "the virtual landlord." The cost calculation for rent has been altered, too. 

The 'high rent' problem has been plaguing city building enthusiasts since the Cities: Skylines 2's launch last year, with pop-ups filling the screen to inform players that their citizens are struggling to pay for their homes. Although it's possible to fix, sometimes by creating more jobs for the renters or by creating more space, Colossal Order has now outlined a number of changes coming to the game's economy which will hopefully help eliminate the issue for good. 

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