'There is nowhere else for us to go': Nuns who feed homeless face eviction after rent nearly doubles

The cost of living in San Francisco has skyrocketed to the point that and new reports indicate Bay Area housing has reached such heights that the area's average income can no longer support it. Unfortunately, this means everyone is downsizing or moving - including nonprofits attempting to ease the needs of the homeless.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - KCBS reported financial research company, Fitch Ratings', findings that indicate San Francisco's housing prices have become "unsupportable" by the local income.

Grant Bailey, Fitch's managing director, released a statement in which he said, "The last time the Bay Area experienced this kind of home price growth was during the dot-com era from 1997-2000.

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The situation is so dire that traditional poverty lines no longer apply to the Bay Area. The San Francisco Public Press reported an outrageous cost of $4,750 for a simple two-bedroom apartment.

While California and San Francisco's city governments attempt to find ways to help those living beneath San Francisco's poverty line, hundreds of nonprofit organizations continue to downsize or close their doors entirely.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the crisis was so bad that the sisters of the Fraternite Notre Dame Mary of Nazareth Soup Kitchen, who sell baked goods and feed the hungry for free, has seen their rent nearly double.

Lawyers have stepped up to fight for the nuns, who live at the soup kitchen and have a reputation for offering the best charity food in San Francisco.