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.
Information from: San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, http://www.mercurynews.com