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Much of Brooklyn's "residential" offerings aren't legally residential. They're old commercial buildings that landlords have cheaply repurposed to get a piece of
by kempbellt 7y ago
Much of Brooklyn's "residential" offerings aren't legally residential. They're old commercial buildings that landlords have cheaply repurposed to get a piece of the rising demand in housing.
I lived in Bushwick for a year and a half, never met my landlord, and I'm sure the building was breaking at least a dozen laws, but it was relatively affordable so no one really asked questions.
- teslaberry 7y agothank god people break the law or you'd be broke paying rent you couldn't afford, or homeless. the law is fucked in part. and it works in part. where the law breeds problems, lawbreakers sometimes provide solutions.