A California housing crisis mystery: Rents are way up this decade, but eviction filings are way down

A California housing crisis mystery: Rents are way up this decade, but eviction filings are way down

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/12/22/a-california-housing-crisis-mystery-rents-are-way-up-this-decade-but-eviction-filings-are-way-down/

Shirley Gibson isn’t quite sure how to feel about these numbers.

As directing attorney of the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County — which offers legal services to low-income tenants caught between the preposterously priced southern suburbs of San Francisco and the preposterously priced suburbs of Silicon Valley — she’s seen firsthand how California’s housing affordability crisis has overwhelmed her clientele.