Sept. 10 (UPI) — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said he plans to declare a rent emergency in the city as the artificial intelligence boom has caused rents to skyrocket in the past year.
While the emergency declaration would be symbolic, it would make his housing agenda a priority, the San Francisco Standard reported.
Lurie said he will support legislation that would prevent evictions for tenants who owe less than a month’s rent, limit the size of rent increases and add funding to nonprofit lawyers working on eviction cases.
“There are too many people who are asking if they can still afford to live here,” Lurie told the New York Times. “Our city is finally moving in the right direction, but we need to build a recovery that reaches everyone, including the working-class people who make San Francisco run.”…