Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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Publisher signals
56/100
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Sept. 10 (UPI) -- San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said he plans to declare a rent emergency in the city as the artificial intelligence boom has caused rents to skyrocket in the past year.
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rents → say → year
While the emergency declaration would be symbolic, it would make his housing agenda a priority, the San Francisco Standard reported.
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Standard → make → ?
Lurie said he will support legislation that would prevent evictions for tenants who owe less than a month's rent, limit the size of rent increases and add funding to nonprofit lawyers working on eviction cases.
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who → say → cases
"There are too many people who are asking if they can still afford to live here," Lurie told the New York Times.
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Lurie → be → Times
"Our city is finally moving in the right direction, but we need to build a recovery that reaches everyone, including the working-class people who make San Francisco run.
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Francisco → move → people
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More than 1,000 eviction notices have been filed this year in San Francisco, putting it on track to be the most in nearly a decade, Lurie's office said.
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office → file → decade
City Supervisor Danny Sauter proposed legislation that would cap rent increases at 10% per year.
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that → propose → year
"This moment calls for stronger action to keep longtime residents in their homes, free of harassment and clear of devastating surprise rent hikes," The Standard reported Sauter said.
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Sauter → call → hikes
The average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the city is more than $4,300, up more than $1,000 from last year, according to Zillow.
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rent → accord → Zillow
According to ApartmentList, San Francisco rent has risen more than 25% in the past year.
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rent → accord → year
The surge in tech company hiring for the AI boom has contributed, with some landlords offering tens of thousands of dollars to rent-controlled tenants to move out, The Times reported.
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Times → contribute → tenants
Alex Horowitz, who studies housing prices at Pew Charitable Trusts, said more housing is the answer to high prices.
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housing → study → prices
Some cities like Minneapolis, Nashville and Austin, Texas, have made it easier and cheaper to build more units and have kept rents down, he told The Times.
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he → make → Times
Though the city has changed some zoning and permitting laws, only 489 housing units have been built this year.
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units → change → laws
"There are cities that have tried to regulate their way out of the problem," Horowitz said.
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Horowitz → be → problem
"None of those cities have seen big affordability improvements."
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None → see → improvements
But local developer Oz Eriksen told The Times there's no rent crisis.
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Eriksen → tell → Times
The cost of building one unit of affordable housing, which he said is $1.1 million, is the real crisis.
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he → build → housing
Lurie also wants to create a campaign to educate tenants about their rights.
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Lurie → want → rights
City Attorney David Chiu said that recently tenants have complained that landlords have been raising rents beyond legal limits to force tenants to fall behind on rent.
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landlords → say → rent
"There are unscrupulous property owners who are trying to take advantage of this moment," Chiu said.
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Chiu → be → moment
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