Farashin gunduma ya ƙaru saboda dalilai da yawa. Abubuwan da suka shafi farashi sun haɗa da amma ba'a iyakance ga masu zuwa ba: Cutar ta COVID-19, ƙarin albashi, hauhawar farashin kayayyaki na ƙasa, da sauransu. Gwamnatin gundumar St. Louis ta sadaukar da kai don samar da kwangilar sabis na sharar gida mafi tsada.