[HN Gopher] New bill would revive single-room occupancy apartmen...
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       New bill would revive single-room occupancy apartments in NYC
        
       Author : geox
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2025-11-29 22:29 UTC (31 minutes ago)
        
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       | CraigRo wrote:
       | Challenge is that NYC regulates the operation of sros so much
       | that you'd have to be insane to build them under the current
       | rules.
       | 
       | Kind of a shame, as lots of people basically just want a room to
       | sleep in and a place to sit
        
       | garciasn wrote:
       | I'm interested to see what this does to rents overall. I assume
       | these will not be as affordable as everyone would like/assume, at
       | least not in the next few years, and will drive up rents in
       | larger spaces.
       | 
       | But I'm glad we're trying SOMETHING in order to combat the
       | problems with affordability; let's just hope we don't even up
       | reviving how the other half lives.
        
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