Because it's a race to the bottom. Eventually, if allowed, these may become the only affordable houses for many people. Landlords can split up their (already sm

Because it's a race to the bottom. Eventually, if allowed, these may become the only affordable houses for many people. Landlords can split up their (already small) apartments, install a video wall in the back, and call it two apartments, asking only a little under twice the rent. Given the housing shortage (and the lack of remote working options for lower paying jobs), people would have little choice but to accept it.