Earlier this month Zillow reported median rent in San Jose at $3400, making it more expensive than San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Faith-based organization People Acting in Community Together held a meeting Sunday in San Jose with state lawmakers and demanded that the legislators pass bills that help address housing affordability in Santa Clara County.Faith-based organization People Acting in Community Together held a meeting Sunday in San Jose with state lawmakers and demanded that the legislators pass bills that help address housing affordability in Santa Clara County.
Dozens of people gathered at St. John Vianney Catholic Church to talk about how much they're struggling to survive, struggling to pay rent and to partner with local leaders to do something about it. "When people want to go rent an apartment, it’s only going to cost you a couple of thousand dollars. By the time you’re through, you need to have $10,000 dollars because they want first, they want last, they want security," Wilkerson-Graham added.
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