While renting out a room has been around for years, especially in the South Bay’s Latino neighborhoods, sharing a home in order to save it has become an increasingly popular way to hang on to the front-door keys to the American dream.
“I’m up against a wall and I had no other place to turn for income,” said Rafael Porras, a 50-year-old waiter who began renting out a room in his downtown San Jose condo this month after he was squeezed by pay cuts at work and a mortgage payment about to rise. “But I had to do it because I don’t want to walk away from this place. My credit’s excellent, and without good credit, you’re nobody.”
Whether they’ve rented out rooms in the past to make ends meet, or a job loss has prompted them to tap into their inner landlord for the first time, many people say their rental income is the only thing keeping them from losing their homes.
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