Without enough money to pay for rent, workers are forced to live in overcrowded housing, commute from more affordable areas or forego medical and dental care or other necessities, said Jenni Klose, executive director of Generation Housing.
Even residents who earn between $60,000 and $70,000 “are teetering on the edge of deciding to move somewhere else,” she said.
“We’re not going to have the people needed to support the industries we have,” she said. “It’s going to become a place where wealthy people live and lose its ongoing sustainable industries.”
The high cost of rental housing has disproportionately affected people of color who live in Sonoma County, she added.
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