To Afford SF Rent, Artist Builds a Box

Bay Area artist Peter Berkowitz couldn’t afford a place in San Francisco. His solution was "the pod," a sleeper box that's roughly eight feet long, five feet wide, and four feet tall. It's made out of plywood and neatly installed in the corner of his roommate’s living room, a space he’s now paying $400 a month to rent. (Bertkowitz lists his total housing exp... read more...