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Deadly California Fires Stretch an Already Tight Housing Market

  • Santa Rosa has fastest-growing rents in U.S. since 2012
  • Fewer options for displaced than in Houston, Florida storms
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Northern California's Wine Country Is Burning

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Ethan de Seife and Laura Holtan moved to California’s Sonoma County from Vermont last year with their newborn son, two cats and a dog in tow, immediately running up against a harsh reality: the state’s housing market is expensive, and inventory-starved.

It took the couple a month of scouring online listings and vetting properties before they secured a four-bedroom house to rent for $2,800 a month in the Hidden Valley neighborhood of Santa Rosa.