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High Bay Area rent prices drive mom to raise child in a garage [View all]
http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2015/03/04/high-bay-area-rent-prices-drive-mom-to-raise-child-in-a-garage/Meet Nicole Jones. She’s a California Bay Area mother living in a 250-square-foot garage with her 18-month-old baby girl.
When Jones became pregnant she lost her job and could no longer afford to pay her apartment rent. She initially moved into a shelter and felt lucky when she found the single-car garage space converted into a studio in a San Mateo suburban home for $1,000 a month.
Her small home consists of a central living space that serves as a living room, bedroom and kitchen as well as a tiny bathroom with a shower and toilet. She cooks in a microwave perched on top of a clothing cabinet; she sleeps on a pull-out couch.
“This is pretty much all I could get,” she told CNN.
When Jones became pregnant she lost her job and could no longer afford to pay her apartment rent. She initially moved into a shelter and felt lucky when she found the single-car garage space converted into a studio in a San Mateo suburban home for $1,000 a month.
Her small home consists of a central living space that serves as a living room, bedroom and kitchen as well as a tiny bathroom with a shower and toilet. She cooks in a microwave perched on top of a clothing cabinet; she sleeps on a pull-out couch.
“This is pretty much all I could get,” she told CNN.
I mean, okay, Apple started in a garage, but a family?!
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