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Berkeley Unified is thinking of building housing for workers -- and the city might help
A basement unit with no heater or oven.
A house out in Hercules.
A mediocre apartment shared with with three or four other thirty-somethings.
Like their colleagues throughout the Bay Area, Berkeley teachers and staff have resorted in recent years to a variety of subpar living situations, unable to afford astronomical rents or down payments with their wages. Others have left the district or region altogether.
Facing the possibility of a teacher shortage, some Berkeley Unified officials are thinking of building a below-market-rate rental housing complex for district employees.
Read more: https://www.berkeleyside.com/2019/04/04/berkeley-unified-is-thinking-of-building-housing-for-workers-and-the-city-might-help