You're opening statement was that you were thinking of a way to make apartments a "more attractive option compared to housing" and while making them cheaper and accessible earlier is a small start, how does adding a rent do that?
Is it just a counter-balance to your proposed price and earlier access?
Are those two points really going to make apartments more attractive compared to houses, which allow for more furnishing items, outdoor furnishing, cross-breeding gardening, have multiple floors (that allow for easier glitching when decorating without the aid of a third-party tool), and can be bought by FCs?
And where do FC private chambers fit into this?