VENTURA COUNTY, Calif.— It’s been a difficult couple months for renters like Karla Villanueva who says she is starting off the new year at a deficit.
“Right now, we are paying $2,600 for rent. It’s a 1 bedroom, one bathroom…we are living in Ojai, but honestly we are all squished together in a little small place. Next step would be just looking for somewhere way bigger for our whole family. But it’s difficult,” said Villanueva.
Villanueva was renting a home in Somis that burned in the Mountain Fire…