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I run an SRO Hotel[1] in SF; my rooms are comparable in size to the thousands of other SRO units throughout the City and are as small or smaller than the units
by charonn0 14y ago
I run an SRO Hotel[1] in SF; my rooms are comparable in size to the thousands of other SRO units throughout the City and are as small or smaller than the units in the article. The only difference with these new units is that it won't be poor people who live in them.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_room_occupancy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_room_occupancy
- scarmig 14y agoInteresting--I've always wondered who runs SROs, especially since they get a spectacularly bad rep. Have you considered doing an IAmA or something? The SRO analogy immediately came to mind--I wondered what would prevent these from having the same issues residential hotels have. Is it really just the (reasonable) expectation that setting a artificially high price will drive away the poor?
- charonn0 14y agoThe bad reputation they/we get is almost entirely due to the (comparatively) low rent. Our client base consists of the poor, students, and people with mental or substance-abuse problems (who tend to be very poor indeed.) Those tenants with addictions or mental illness are the most visible (and obnoxious) of our tenants even though they aren't the most numerous. Simply: these new units are more of the same, but for wealthier people (and I will be sending in my resume, TBH.)