Originally Posted by synthia

Welcome to the forum! By 'house rent' I assume you mean an apartment, since you must be very rich or have inherited it to have an actual house in the cities. Getting into an apartment is difficult, since leases require a deposit, the first month's rent, I think the last month's rent, and two or three month's rent as 'key money', essentially a bribe to the landlord. On the other hand, you can break a lease with only 30 days notice, and the key money serves to keep people from walking out of leases often. They are normally for two years duration.

Many companies will take on the lease themselves, pay the rent, and bill you. That way they pay the key money and maybe the deposit, which makes it a lot easier to rent a place.