Lost Coast Outpost: As State and Federal Funding Dwindles, Local Governments Struggle to Provide Affordable Housing

If someone told you that it’s more expensive to live in Humboldt County than in San Francisco, you’d probably be skeptical — and rightly so: San Francisco has the highest rents in the state by a pretty wide margin. But if you add in the cost of transportation and then measure costs as a percentage of total income, things start to look a lot different.