SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Two cats are living large at a $1,500-a-month studio apartment their owner rents for them in Silicon Valley, where a housing shortage has sent rents skyrocketing.
The Mercury News reports the 20-pound (9-kilogram) cats named Tina and Louise moved to the studio in San Jose after their owner moved away to college.
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The student's father, Troy Good, was unable to keep them and asked friend David Callisch to rent him the kitchen-less studio so he could keep his daughter's beloved cats.
The newspaper reports Good and his cats got a decent deal because an average studio apartment in San Jose rents for $1,951 a month, according to RentCafe.
Callisch says he feels bad wasting valuable living space on animals during a housing shortage, but he wanted to help a friend.
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Information from: San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, http://www.mercurynews.com
This undated photo released by David Callisch shows cats Tina, top, and Louise in San Jose, Calif. g. (David Callisch via AP)