. >> reporter: jane parisi's story shouldn't surprise anyone. ending up homeless in the bay area is not uncommon. are especially when wages have not kept up with the price of housing. all it took was for parisi to lose her job as a cook after developing a medical condition. >> i lost a job, and then i wasn't able to fulfill my end of the bargain. you know, doesn't pay. and it just went -- when it went bad, it went really. >> reporter: she's 54 working two jobs. she delivers paint and supplies for janko corporation in berkeley. when she finishes there, parisi takes fresh clothes out of her trunk, washes up and a few minutes later heads to her second job where she earns minimum wage work at this dollar store at gilman and san pablo avenues. her take-home pay is about $2,700 a month. >> if i had a place where my first and my last was paid, i would be able to sustain a rent of at least $1,000 a month. >> reporter: but lately she's had to pay for new tires and have some work done on the engine. on top of the cost of her car insurance and food. she pa

when she finishes there, parisi takes fresh clothes out of her trunk, washes up and a few minutes latereads to her second job where she earns minimum wage working at this dollar store at gillman and san pablo avenues. her take-home pay is there $2,700 a month. >> if i had a place where my first and my last was paid, i would be able to sustain a rent of at least $1,000 a month. >> reporter: but lately she has had to pay for new tires and have some work done on the engine, on top of the cost of her car insurance and food. she pays a local gym $30 a month so she can use the showers. >> it is a different lifestyle. you don't wake up in the morning and run into the bathroom and wan't d that.you have a water b. you get up, you swish, you do what you can. >> reporter: for the past year, her bed has been the front seat of her car. her body has somehow learned to adjust. >> when i go to sleep in a real bed is when it gets uncomfortable, because i'm used to the angle, and if i go like spend the night out of town or something i wake up, i'm crippled. >> reporter: at night she spends time searching