The latest inflation numbers show that nationwide rents have cooled from historic eyes,

but it's not reaching every rental market or every renter.

Austin, Texas is one of the places where rents are showing a downward trend, but lower income

families there say their rents are often staying the same or even going up.

Blair Waltman-electson of Austin, PBS, tells us who's getting a deal in the Texas Capitol

and who's not.

Mr. Lai Lue Jaime's had achieved that rare dream in Austin,

finding an apartment that was close to everything she needed.

It was close to the library, close to the grocery store, close to my daughter's school, also from work.

It was the best.

I was close to everything.

Now I feel like I'm going to use a lot of gas.

She's worried about burning gas because soon she will be moving about 45 minutes outside of town.

She's leaving because her rent's gone up and she can't afford to stay.

I used to pay $1,040 and suddenly that was raised to $1,530. It doesn't seem fair to me that after

so many years they simply raised the rent so much that we have no other

option but to leave this place.

But reports show that rents are going down in Austin.

A study by Rent.com showed rents dipping more than 12% year over year.

Yes, it's not all bad.

Jake Weggman is an associate professor in the Community Regional Planning program at the University of Texas.

We were flooded with headlines about how all of America was moving to Austin and

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