This includes his parents, who emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico in the 1970s, but who moved out of San Jose in the early 2000s. Over the past year, median house prices in San Jose have risen almost 25 percent to more than $1.1 million, according to real estate site Zillow. San Jose has large Hispanic and Asian populations, and communities of color are often disproportionately priced out of the housing market. Last year, the city issued building permits for just 475 affordable housing units — a fifth of its 2017 target. JOSH EDELSON via Getty Images Bulldozers cleared The Jungle homeless camp in San Jose in 2014 and the camp's 300 or so residents were forced to move on.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2018 09:45 UTC