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The absolute floor is pretty low, and the market will provide these solutions if they're not regulated out of existence. My first "apartment" was a 100 square
by dublinben 3y ago
The absolute floor is pretty low, and the market will provide these solutions if they're not regulated out of existence.
My first "apartment" was a 100 square foot bedroom rented in a 4 bed / 2 bath unit with 3 other residents. At the time I moved in, it was only $350/month plus utilities, in a market where the median rent for a studio was $1750/month. That room would have been affordable for a single person working full-time at minimum wage. Was it code compliant? Hell no! Was it better than living on the street or in a car? Unquestionably.
If you raise the floor to require every adult to have their own kitchen and bathroom, then you've consigned this segment of the market to homelessness. Someone who can pay $350/month certainly would need a massive subsidy to afford a $1750 studio, or you can just get out of the way and allow them to rent a room for $350.
- jjav 3y ago> My first "apartment" was a 100 square foot bedroom rented in a 4 bed / 2 bath unit with 3 other residents. That's called having roommates, why do call it not code compliant? It's done all the time.
- dublinben 3y agoEach room was rented individually from the landlord, so we were legally separate tenants, not just roommates all on the same lease. The building itself was over a hundred years old, and had countless violations of modern building codes, health codes, and fire safety codes. It was pretty much a disaster waiting to happen, but it was affordable!