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Single rooms, and from the very short description, apparently no running water? > Each room will have a bed, a desk and chair, heating and air conditioning, a
by zaroth 4y ago
Single rooms, and from the very short description, apparently no running water?
> Each room will have a bed, a desk and chair, heating and air conditioning, a window, and most importantly a door that locks.
This is a very special purpose shelter apparently. It's not something I've ever heard of before, but seems to be simply a building full of what most middle class homeowners might describe as "walk-in closets" -- big enough for someone who is otherwise homeless to crash in for the night.
And as you say, by bypassing basically every possible regulation that might have applied to a typical "residence", the baseline construction cost of these 31 "walk-in closets" is indeed fairly low.
- mdavis6890 4y agoThey'd probably rent for $3k month. With no water.
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- dionidium 4y agoThis kind of arrangement used to be extremely common before building codes made them illegal. Here's a humorous indication of how normal this would have seemed to people 70 years ago: > The 1951 sci-fi classic “The Day the Earth Stood Still” inadvertently shows us how. Klaatu, a level-headed extra-terrestrial emissary, escapes captivity at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He wanders down Georgia Avenue, away from not-yet-nuclear-weapon-free Takoma Park, and attempts to disappear into everyday DC. > To do so, Klaatu checks into a boarding house at 14th and Harvard in Columbia Heights. Each room houses one or two people, and as such there’s scant privacy to be had: everyone overhears everything. > This is convenient for Klaatu, who knows little of Earthlings’ simple ways, but probably annoying for the Earthlings. Conditions like these were common in DC homes at the time. Source: https://ggwash.org/view/31818/an-alien-notion-800000-dc-residents https://ggwash.org/view/31818/an-alien-notion-800000-dc-resi... A single room with your own bed and a door that locks is miles above sleeping on the street, even if it means shared bathroom and kitchen facilities. We need to legalize these options once again.
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