# US inflation, shelter (CPI-U 12-month change)

Percent change of the CPI-U for shelter, US city average, not seasonally adjusted, from the same month a year earlier. Rent of primary residence, owners' equivalent rent of residences, lodging away from home, and tenants' and household insurance. Owners' equivalent rent estimates what homeowners would pay to rent their home; it does not track house prices.

## Key facts

- US inflation, shelter (CPI-U 12-month change) in the United States was 3.2% in September 2026, according to BLS.
- Published for 1 places, with figures from December 1953 to September 2026.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

- Indicator id: `cpi_annual_change_shelter`
- Unit: %
- Note: United States only. Calculated from the index (cpi_index_shelter, series CUUR0000SAH1) and rounded to one decimal as BLS rounds its published 12-month changes; each value shows both index values. For all items inflation use cpi_annual_change. For house prices use the FHFA house price indicators.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/us-inflation-shelter
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/cpi_annual_change_shelter

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | % | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2026-09 | 3.2 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): shelter, US city average, 12-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted (calculated from CUUR0000SAH1). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cu/cu.data.12.USHousing. Retrieved 2026-10-18. |