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This seems pretty cut and dry to me. Single Resident Occupancy units used to be incredibly common - from shared adult dorms to chicken-wire hotels. Now they ar
by legitster 4y ago
This seems pretty cut and dry to me.
Single Resident Occupancy units used to be incredibly common - from shared adult dorms to chicken-wire hotels. Now they are non-existent.
In 50 years this represented a loss of over a million housing units! Today there are 500k people living on the streets. I don't think it's a coincidence.
- forgetfreeman 4y agoSee Also: the ridiculous lot size requirements for single trailers and the de facto ban on trailer parks.
- Aloha 4y agoUrban Renewal/Beautification and NIMBYism to an extent killed both trailer parks and single occupancy units. I'd also note the death of the boarding house between 1920 and 1970 as another issue contributing to things.
- Incipient 4y agoIn the 50-100 years since then, you think we don't have the tech or capacity to have been able to "upgrade" trailer parks into even studio apartments? Feels like a huge oversimplification to just say "all would be fine if we had trailer parks".
- manicdee 4y agoYou say “trailer parks” I say “affordable housing”. Affordable housing solutions like dorms and bedsit apartment blocks aren’t feasible in many places like the USA where it’s literally illegal to build anything other than high rise apartments or standalone homes.