This March 21, 2021 photo shows a leasing sing is displayed outside of residential building in Des Plaines, Ill. Things are looking up for owners of big apartment communities more than a year after the pandemic knocked the economy into a recession and left millions of Americans unemployed. Rents are rising amid strong demand as U.S. home prices push ever higher. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
