China News Service, February 14. According to the US "World Journal" report, the housing prices in the Southern California region of the United States have risen, and the rent has also risen sharply. For some working-class Chinese living in rented houses, the rising rent prices in the market make them unbearable.

A Chinese woman in Los Angeles County recently had a murder in her apartment building. She was terrified and said she wanted to move, but she couldn't find a house to move into because the rent was too expensive in the market.

　　Chinese Ms. A lives with her two young children in an apartment building in San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, where a shooting occurred in late January in which one was killed and one seriously injured.

Ms. A lives on the second floor, and the crime scene is on the third floor.

"The family was very close to my house. When the shooting happened, I heard a loud noise at the time. It was scary."

　　It is reported that this was a shooting case caused by robbery, and the law and order near the scene of the crime has been poor.

Regarding such a vicious case in the apartment building where she lives, Ms. A hopes to move out with her two children, "I have two children, one is only one year old and the other is over two years old. I am afraid of going in and out of the apartment every day, including sleeping at night. "

　　But after looking for a house for a few days, Ms. A was discouraged by the rental price on the market. "The monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment we live in is 1,500 US dollars, which is very cheap. Now a one-bedroom apartment in a nearby city costs 1,500 US dollars, and both bedrooms are at 2,000 US dollars. If it is more than USD, I have two children, and I will definitely have to rent two rooms, how can I afford such an expensive price?" After several deliberation, the helpless Ms. A had to choose to continue living in the original apartment.

　　Mr. Zhang, a senior real estate agent in Arcadia, said that several cities in Los Angeles County where Chinese are densely inhabited, including Monterey Park, Alhambra, San Gabriel and other cities are currently rising on average rents The range is about 8%, which is an increase for old tenants to renew their leases.

　　Mr Zhang said, "Because the state government controls the rate of increase in apartment houses, the average increase is around 8%, but if the old tenants move out and the house is put back into the market, the rate of increase in rent will not be limited by the government." This is also the reason why many tenants are reluctant to move out easily even if they are dissatisfied with the house they live in, because once they choose to move to another place, according to the current rental market, the rent will basically be much higher than the house they originally lived in.

(Shao Min)