“I have a two-bed, two-bath. We pay $4,800 a month,” said Patrick Boulton. He has rent control and lives in the Pacific Heights neighborhood.<\/p>\n
“Knowing how much my friends pay — who are just renting now — it’s like six, seven (thousand) in Mission Bay. It’s gone crazy,” said Boulton.<\/p>\n
According to recent reports cited in the broadcast, the average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco is about $4,000 per month.<\/p>\n
ABC7 Eyewitness News talked to United Way Bay Area about the rent crisis and the growing costs of survival.<\/p>\n
“We’ve created a real cost measure and we’ve estimated based on what things really cost in the Bay Area. In San Francisco, for a family of four, two adults, two children, they need to bring in $164,000 a year to afford the basic needs,” said Karen Nemsick, director of Community Partnerships for United Way Bay Area.<\/p>\n
Lurie’s proposal includes six measures designed to protect renters. The initiatives include steps to delay evictions and prevent sudden rent increases, according to city officials.<\/p>\n
VIDEO: SF man scammed out of $18,600 after fake Craigslist rental listing mimics real property owner<\/a><\/p>\n A San Francisco man says he lost $18,600 in a sophisticated rental scam that allegedly used a fake Craigslist listing to impersonate the owner of a real apartment.<\/p>\n Housing advocates welcomed the effort.<\/p>\n Nemsick said the proposals address a growing affordability challenge.<\/p>\n “Here in San Francisco over the last 10 years, wages have gone up 7%, and rents have gone up. Even in this last year, up to 45%,” Nemsick said.<\/p>\n She also pointed to eviction trends across the region.<\/p>\n “I have a stat that in the Greater Bay Area, between 2023 and 2024… 2,200 evictions were issued to renters in the Bay Area. And the great majority — up to 92% of those — were due to an inability to pay rent,” Nemsick said.<\/p>\n The mayor’s package would also provide tenants with additional information and resources to challenge what officials describe as unfair evictions and unlawful landlord behavior.<\/p>\n
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