Google employees can't afford to buy houses in San Francisco

The median home price in San Francisco has risen to $1.5 million this year. Google, the most well-known firm in Silicon Valley, has long struggled to house its employees, and the issue is worsening. Google employees have expressed their dissatisfaction with the housing market on company message boards and have requested housing assistance. Google has not yet promised to build more homes, citing the complexity and expense of the process. Meanwhile, the housing market in San Francisco continues to boom, with affluent tech workers driving up prices.