rss
04-13-2016, 11:45 PM
San Francisco man forced to vacate box in friend's apartment
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzEzL2Q3LzRkZGZjMGNlYWEwLmZhYTNkLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/2cb2011c/06f/4ddfc0ceaa054fc3bce8212e5c8a88a2.jpghttp://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=San+Francisco+man+forced+to+vacate+box+in+fri end%27s+apartment&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F13%2Fs an-francisco-box%2F)http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04 %2F13%2Fsan-francisco-box%2F&src=sp)
The sky-high cost of housing in San Francisco isn't a new story, but it got a new twist this week as a man has been told it's illegal for him to rent a 32-square-foot plywood box in his friend's living room.*
SEE ALSO: 99-year-old San Francisco woman wins the right to stay in her apartment (for **w) (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/san-francisco-woman-apartment/)
Peter Berkowitz, who built the pod in a friend's living room and rented the space for $400 a month, became the new face of San Francisco's housing insanity when his story (http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Box-man-living-San-Francisco-400-rent-Berkowitz-7215269.php) hit the Internet.*
It led to an editorial (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/31/san-francisco-high-rent-creative-living)*in which Berkowitz called the box a "pod" and added, "I have all the essentials and then some; privacy, a comfortable place to work due to a fold down desk, perfect light for reading and a tastefully calm place to be in." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/san-francisco-box/)
More about Rent (http://mashable.com/category/rent/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Housing Crisis (http://mashable.com/category/housing-crisis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), San Francisco (http://mashable.com/category/san-francisco/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/DvxK-0pQeIU
http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzEzL2Q3LzRkZGZjMGNlYWEwLmZhYTNkLmpwZw pwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn/2cb2011c/06f/4ddfc0ceaa054fc3bce8212e5c8a88a2.jpghttp://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=San+Francisco+man+forced+to+vacate+box+in+fri end%27s+apartment&src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F13%2Fs an-francisco-box%2F)http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04 %2F13%2Fsan-francisco-box%2F&src=sp)
The sky-high cost of housing in San Francisco isn't a new story, but it got a new twist this week as a man has been told it's illegal for him to rent a 32-square-foot plywood box in his friend's living room.*
SEE ALSO: 99-year-old San Francisco woman wins the right to stay in her apartment (for **w) (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/san-francisco-woman-apartment/)
Peter Berkowitz, who built the pod in a friend's living room and rented the space for $400 a month, became the new face of San Francisco's housing insanity when his story (http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Box-man-living-San-Francisco-400-rent-Berkowitz-7215269.php) hit the Internet.*
It led to an editorial (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/31/san-francisco-high-rent-creative-living)*in which Berkowitz called the box a "pod" and added, "I have all the essentials and then some; privacy, a comfortable place to work due to a fold down desk, perfect light for reading and a tastefully calm place to be in." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/san-francisco-box/)
More about Rent (http://mashable.com/category/rent/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Housing Crisis (http://mashable.com/category/housing-crisis/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), San Francisco (http://mashable.com/category/san-francisco/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/DvxK-0pQeIU