Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin...
by jjav on Monday September 25, 2023 @08:51PM
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> My first "apartment" was a 100 square foot bedroom rented in a 4 bed / 2 bath unit with 3 other residents.
That's called having roommates, why do call it not code compliant? It's done all the time.
Re:Baby boomers are becoming homeless at a rate not seen sin...
by dublinben on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @05:53PM
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Each room was rented individually from the landlord, so we were legally separate tenants, not just roommates all on the same lease.
The building itself was over a hundred years old, and had countless violations of modern building codes, health codes, and fire safety codes. It was pretty much a disaster waiting to happen, but it was affordable!
My first "apartment" was a 100 square foot bedroom rented in a 4 bed / 2 bath unit with 3 other residents. At the time I moved in, it was only $350/month plus utilities, in a market where the median rent for a studio was $1750/month. That room would have been affordable for a single person working full-time at minimum wage. Was it code compliant? Hell no! Was it better than living on the street or in a car? Unquestionably.
If you raise the floor to require every adult to have their own kitchen and bathroom, then you've consigned this segment of the market to homelessness. Someone who can pay $350/month certainly would need a massive subsidy to afford a $1750 studio, or you can just get out of the way and allow them to rent a room for $350.