SRO housing is still available in college dorms, where even well-off families send their kids and are happy to have them live in those conditions for a couple y

SRO housing is still available in college dorms, where even well-off families send their kids and are happy to have them live in those conditions for a couple years. As long as they are code-compliant with regard to fire protection (sprinklers) and emergency egress, might as well make them legal. Let the market decide if the lower rent vs a small studio apartment with in-unit bath and stove is worth it. (I suspect in most cases, people would prefer to team up via craigslist or facebook and share a multi-bedroom apartment or townhouse rather than live the dorm life though. But PodShare seems to be getting customers...)