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DESCRIPTION:A conversation with Maria Marroquín\nMountain View Tenants 
 Coalition\nExecutive Director, Mtn. View Day Worker Center\n\nWith the 
 average cost of one and two bedroom apartments soaring over $3000 a month, 
 seniors, the disabled, low-wage workers and young families are being driven 
 out of Silicon Valley. Evictions are on the rise, as rent increases burden 
 a larger and larger portion of the population.\n\nThere is a lot of new 
 home construction happening in Silicon Valley, but practically none of it 
 is affordable to vulnerable renters. Instead of getting below market rate 
 units, local communities are seeing the rise of “upscale housing” for 
 young tech workers.\n\nSomething has to give. According to local activists 
 who are working on behalf of threatened renters, the “something” that 
 has to give is greedy landlords, not workers.\n\nFor this month’s Other 
 Voices Forum, we’ll take an in-depth look at the frightening housing 
 situation in our neighborhoods and the activists who are organizing a 
 determined opposition to it. They and others are calling for a moratorium 
 on new rent increases, rent control, eviction law reform and the 
 construction of much, much more affordable housing. Their movement — 
 quite understandably — is growing.\n\nYOU are an important part of every 
 Other Voices forum. The forum really is a conversation. So come prepared to 
 ask questions or share your opinions.\n\nOther Voices Monthly Forum is held 
 at the Midpen Media Center, where it is recorded for later broadcast on 
 local cable television and streaming on the Internet. Previous forums can 
 be seen at our Video page.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/23/18778010.php
SUMMARY:Other Voices: The Affordable Housing Crisis
LOCATION:Midpen Media Center\n900 San Antonio Road\nPalo Alto, CA 94303
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/23/18778010.php
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