Oakland shows how to expand housing supply: tell developers they can build homes

Re:Oakland shows how to expand housing supply: tell develope... by mschuster91 on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:38AM (#21684017)

> Why does a pod need a kitchen and bathroom?

Basic human dignity? Being forced to share an intimate thing such as a bathroom with strangers or depending on strangers not eating your food/trashing your stuff or not being able to feed yourself because another person is cooking a 5-rounds-meal is not something that should be acceptable in a developed nation.

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Re:Oakland shows how to expand housing supply: tell develope... by somebodythere on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:50AM (#21684136)

As someone who has actually spent a few years in this type of living arrangement, having a communal bathroom when it is clean and there is no line was just fine for my dignity, and vastly preferable to having no house or spending 3+ hours and several dollars a day to commute.

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Re:Oakland shows how to expand housing supply: tell develope... by mschuster91 on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:00PM (#21684232)

I also have spent time in such an arrangement and let's keep it at "you're fucked when two or more people have diarrhea".

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Re:Oakland shows how to expand housing supply: tell develope... by jdminhbg on Monday December 02, 2019 @01:04PM (#21684937)

I lived in a college dorm for four years and I don’t consider my human rights to have been violated in the process.

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Re:Oakland shows how to expand housing supply: tell develope... by hanniabu on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:43PM (#21684694)

I mean, it's affordable living, obviously there's going to be trade-offs just like there's trade-offs when you opt for a 1 bathroom home or apartment vs a 2 bathroom, a place with dedicated parking vs no dedicated parking, or personal laundry in-house vs external laundry facility.

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