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Renewed increase in housing cost (9)

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I believe the answer is:

resurgent

'renewed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'increase in housing cost' is the wordplay.
'increase' becomes 'surge' (surge is a kind of increase).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'housing cost' becomes 'rent' (cost of renting a house).
'surge' going within 'rent' is 'RESURGENT'.

(Other definitions for resurgent that I've seen before include "given new life" , "making comeback" , "Reviving after a lull" , "Coming back to life" , "rising again" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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