You're describing a flophouse and/or SRO. They were slumlord-specials for a long time in the US, but where mostly regulated away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

You're describing a flophouse and/or SRO. They were slumlord-specials for a long time in the US, but where mostly regulated away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flophouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flophouse