AI wealth is creating a mansion shortage and upending San Franciscos housing market
News Source : NPR
News Summary
- San Francisco home prices and apartment rents are soaring as the AI boom brings a new wave of wealth to the city.
- AI companies are expanding fast as the tech industry brings many workers back to the office.
- The jump in demand is a sharp turnaround after a pandemic slump, and it has sent home and rental prices skyrocketing.
- It's also raising fears of more displacement in a city where previous tech booms and a longtime housing shortage have already driven out many who could no longer afford to stay.
SAN FRANCISCO On a recent Sunday, 30yearold Collin Russell was desperately visiting open houses, looking to buy a place in the city that his wife is from.
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