The SF Bay Area Housing Crisis

[t-bob]

On Common Ground: Economic Inequality & the Housing Crisis

It’s not news anymore: the Bay Area has a housing crisis in need of urgent action. A housing shortage, plus rising rents and stagnant wages, are leaving more and more people vulnerable to homelessness. The crisis has prompted leaders from every sector--private companies, philanthropy, government, think tanks and community organizations--to design proposals, sponsor bills and launch coalitions for tackling the issue. Can these solutions outpace the problem, and the income inequality at its core?

[sidheguitarmichael]

There’s 18 billionaires in the bay area alone, and 125k + millionaires. There are over a million millionaires in the state of CA. But get this: one in three people on welfare in the USA live in California. Fucking incredible, really; CA’s income inequality approaches the third world,

Bonus, you might like this article, t-bob:

christarzanclemens.com/2014/10/home-sweet-honda/

[t-bob]

Aug 21, 2019 23:51:51 GMT -5 sidheguitarmichael said:

There’s 18 billionaires in the bay area alone, and 125k + millionaires. There are over a million millionaires in the state of CA. But get this: one in three people on welfare in the USA live in California. Fucking incredible, really; CA’s income inequality approaches the third world,

Bonus, you might like this article, t-bob:

christarzanclemens.com/2014/10/home-sweet-honda/

That article is thoughtful one for me.
The person is a very clever man for live in the tiny home/car

I’m trying to get some housing like this article.

If I ever get a decent camper I’ll probably driving talk to people play music and writing.

Thanks for the article Sid or Michael

[t-bob]

There's a lot more on the article.

As I transition into the next stages of my life, I consider my options.
I lived couches, hostels, shelters, a park bench, friends. When I leave my belonging with a another place and my items are almost gone. So now..... I can live a camper for one year or two years AND I live a low-income house with a lease. (The Northern California has new strict housing - I had a low Waiting List number)

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[Cornflake]

I hear about this from a daughter who lives in the area, Bob. Too many people want to live there. The law of supply and demand responds accordingly.

[jdd2]

And renters have to compete with what an owner can get for the same unit on airbnb.