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On the other hand, $1K a month in SF won't even get you a bed in a shared room. I mean that literally - I just checked apartments.com and there's exactly one li

On the other hand, $1K a month in SF won't even get you a bed in a shared room. I mean that literally - I just checked apartments.com and there's exactly one listing out of 5,400 right now that's under $1000 and open to non-students.

atdrummond 3y ago
They don’t need a bed or a room. You can camp quite comfortably throughout the city all year long thanks to the mild weather. It’s a very different situation than being homeless in cities with more typical seasonal weather patterns; I nearly lost a number of toes due to frostbite when I was homeless in Saint Louis during a major blizzard. San Francisco’s climate and permissive camping policies help absolve a lot of the housing related issues that are involved with being homeless.
- cumshitpiss 3y ago
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- da39a3ee 3y ago
  > San Francisco’s climate and permissive camping policies help absolve a lot of the housing related issues that are involved with being homeless. Of course they don't. Living out of a tent on a street makes it extremely hard to get your life onto target for rejoining the economically healthy portion of society. I'm sure you know that. I don't know what you were trying to say.
fshbbdssbbgdd 3y ago
Where do you get the idea apartments.com is a source that can inform you about the market price of shared housing? As a long-time participant in the bay area rental housing market, $1000 is enough to rent a bedroom in many homes, but how would such a listing get onto apartments.com? If you’re paying more than $1000 to share a bedroom, you’re getting ripped off.
- o1y32 3y ago
  Your comment does not provide any concrete example. Even if what you say is true, access is a real issue. You think homeless people would know how to find those $1000 options if a random person cannot find them via a simple search?
  - fshbbdssbbgdd 3y ago
    Apartments.com seems very corporate, I doubt most people are even aware if they are allowed to post on there. Check Craigslist, that’s the main place people who are looking for randoms to rent a room will post: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=1000&min_price=100#search=1~gallery~0~0 https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=1000&min_p... Of course, most people would prefer to room with family or friends (especially if we’re talking about multiple people in the same room). That’s not an SF issue, it’s human nature. So a lot of roommate groups are going to be formed through word-of-mouth, or smaller community group chats/boards.
jazzyjackson 3y ago
You can absolutely find a bedroom for 1000/m, but you're going to have to interact with people. Check how long those apartments have been listed for, some of them have been listed for a year. If it's an actual competitive price it will get rented immediately. There are shared housing groups on facebook that will reflect the situation more accurately.
fragmede 3y ago
Who uses apartments.com? Craigslist is still the place to go.

atdrummond 3y ago

They don’t need a bed or a room. You can camp quite comfortably throughout the city all year long thanks to the mild weather. It’s a very different situation than being homeless in cities with more typical seasonal weather patterns; I nearly lost a number of toes due to frostbite when I was homeless in Saint Louis during a major blizzard. San Francisco’s climate and permissive camping policies help absolve a lot of the housing related issues that are involved with being homeless.

cumshitpiss 3y ago
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da39a3ee 3y ago
> San Francisco’s climate and permissive camping policies help absolve a lot of the housing related issues that are involved with being homeless. Of course they don't. Living out of a tent on a street makes it extremely hard to get your life onto target for rejoining the economically healthy portion of society. I'm sure you know that. I don't know what you were trying to say.

fshbbdssbbgdd 3y ago

Where do you get the idea apartments.com is a source that can inform you about the market price of shared housing? As a long-time participant in the bay area rental housing market, $1000 is enough to rent a bedroom in many homes, but how would such a listing get onto apartments.com? If you’re paying more than $1000 to share a bedroom, you’re getting ripped off.

o1y32 3y ago
Your comment does not provide any concrete example. Even if what you say is true, access is a real issue. You think homeless people would know how to find those $1000 options if a random person cannot find them via a simple search?
- fshbbdssbbgdd 3y ago
  Apartments.com seems very corporate, I doubt most people are even aware if they are allowed to post on there. Check Craigslist, that’s the main place people who are looking for randoms to rent a room will post: https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=1000&min_price=100#search=1~gallery~0~0 https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=1000&min_p... Of course, most people would prefer to room with family or friends (especially if we’re talking about multiple people in the same room). That’s not an SF issue, it’s human nature. So a lot of roommate groups are going to be formed through word-of-mouth, or smaller community group chats/boards.

jazzyjackson 3y ago

You can absolutely find a bedroom for 1000/m, but you're going to have to interact with people. Check how long those apartments have been listed for, some of them have been listed for a year. If it's an actual competitive price it will get rented immediately. There are shared housing groups on facebook that will reflect the situation more accurately.

fragmede 3y ago

Who uses apartments.com? Craigslist is still the place to go.