SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (KION-TV)- A new state report highlights the growing severity of the housing crisis in Santa Cruz County.
The report reveals that a two-person household earning $127,000 per year now qualifies as low income. In 2016, that figure was just $64,000, illustrating how rapidly the cost of living has increased.
“What’s happening is, we’re getting pigeonholed into $3,000, $4,000, even $5,000 rents for a one- or two-bedroom. What we need to do is continue to build at the level of which people are getting paid for in this county,” Elaine Johnson executive director housing santa cruz county said…