[RC_ITR]

If everyone who left was living in a 2 bedroom with a roommate and now that space is a one bedroom with a home office, then why would rents fall?

[sokoloff]

Presumably the willingness to pay a given amount from just one person’s income is lower than that of two people’s income. Add in additional temporary uncertainty in big parts of the tech market and I can see a lot of currently occupied units having a tenant not willing to renew as-was.

[IfOnlyYouKnew]

Is the former roommate paying twice as much? If not, their rent has fallen, for statistical purposes.