ROCKVILLE, Md. — Tyree Davis IV is a recent arrival to Rockville from the Midwest. He moved to the city in 2022, but he already calls it home.
“We are one of the most diverse cities in America,” he says. “The county has some good opportunities, the city has some good opportunities, so I don’t foresee moving, and I’ve enjoyed it thus far.”
Yet in those two years, Davis has already been hit with two rent increases, first 11%, and then again for another 9%. Coupled with rising costs on things such as insurance, he’s forced to ask some hard questions…