Boomtown Housing Shortage: Police Chief Forced To Live in RV

Thousands of people have flocked to West Texas in the past two years in the hope of riding its oil boom. Rents in the area have skyrocketed, almost every apartment has a waiting list, and some end up living in motels for months on end. But it's not just oil field workers who are feeling the squeeze for shelter. The police chief of one city has been living in a trailer for almost five months.

"It is home for now," Seminole Police Chief Bernie Kraft told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. He's been searching for a permanent home since he started the job in November, but the housing crunch has kept him in his 31-foot RV.