Bay Area rents appear poised to slowly rise again as the region’s economy continues to recover from the worst of the pandemic’s downturn.

Although the average monthly rent in the Bay Area is expected to drop by about 1.7 percent for 2021, that is a “significantly more moderate” rate than at the height of the COVID-19 health crisis, according to a report from Yardi Matrix, a national real estate market research company.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.