Five days after she missed paying her rent, she received an eviction notice. But I never thought I wouldn't be able to afford to live where I've lived all my life. The apartment hunting is not going well. My friend's father has a house for rent here. More and more, the Sacred Heart Community Service helps clients who come from the ranks of people who would be doing fine in another part of the country, said Barbara Zahner, the executive director.
Food becomes a discretionary item.
We call them the invisible working poor. Their jobs are not likely to have stock options. Poor immigrants who have long made San Jose a portal to the American dream have fared the worst. Many of the valley's landscapers, construction workers and fast-food workers are homeless, according to advocacy organizations that help them. But many with two or three jobs are barely making it.