‘Exactly what I needed’: Los Gatos teachers move into affordable units

After a full day of working at Raymond J. Fisher Middle School, sixth-grade teacher Elizabeth Sharkey would make the hourlong drive from Los Gatos to a small room she rented in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

That room was more of a closet, Sharkey said, and did not have a kitchen, yet it cost half her monthly income.

Now, Sharkey lives in a one-bedroom apartment in downtown Los Gatos—just minutes from the school where she works—at a fraction of the rent. She is one of four teachers and school staff who moved into a below-market-rate housing development made possible by Sarah Chaffin and the SupportTeacherHousing.org team.

“What I could afford was

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