Surging rents and low mortgage rates mean that the monthly cost of buying a starter home is more affordable than renting in nearly half of the biggest housing markets across the country.

Western housing shortages do not just prevent many from ever affording their own home. They also drive inequality, climate change, low productivity growth, obesity, and even falling fertility rates.

Apartment List publishes monthly rent reports to examine key trends in cities and states across the nation. How have rents in your city changed recently?