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fromsfist.com
2 weeks ago

AI Companies Now Disrupting' SF Rental Market By Giving People Free Apartments, Rent Stipends

We've known for several months now that San Francisco has the fastest-rising rents in the country, and that the sharp rent increases are because of the AI boom. But the New York Times has a new analysis of how AI companies are gaming the rental market in their employees' favor, in some cases with $1,000-a-month rent stipends, or in other cases, simply paying the employees' rent for them out of the company's VC-rich coffers.
San Francisco
SF real estate
fromKqed
1 month ago

These Bay Area Renters Are 'Speed Dating' to Find a Roommate | KQED

San Francisco rents are extremely high, prompting many to seek roommates, yet two-bedroom prices remain about 140% above the national average, limiting savings.
SF real estate
fromMission Local
1 month ago

Amid AI boom, San Francisco rents are up. So are evictions.

AI-driven office leasing and high tech compensation are accelerating San Francisco rent increases and eviction notices, displacing ordinary tenants and straining housing affordability.
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