Posted on 09/24/2012 7:15:27 PM PDT by Steelfish
San Francisco To Vote On Apartments The Size Of Two Prison Cells
San Francisco may soon give new meaning to the word "downsizing." Supervisors are set to vote on Tuesday on a proposed change to the city's building code that would allow construction of among the tiniest apartments in the country.
Under the plan, new apartments could be as small as 220 square feet (a little more than double the size of some prison cells), including a kitchen, bathroom and closet, the Los Angeles Times reported. Current regulations require the living room alone to be that size.
Schematics for 300-square-foot units planned for San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood include window seats that turn into spare beds and beds that turn into tables.
Proponents say the smaller apartments would provide a cheaper option for the city's many single residents, who have been priced out of the rental market as the region experiences a resurgent technology industry.
San Francisco apartments rented for an average of $2,734 in June, up 13 percent from a year ago, according to the research firm, RealFacts. The micro-units, in contrast, are expected to rent for $1,200 to $1,700 a month, San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener told the Los Angeles Times. Wiener drafted the legislation for the smaller apartments.
It allows them to accommodate up to two people and requires an additional 100 square feet of space for each occupant above that number.
"Although in our fantasy world everyone would live in a single-family home or a huge spacious flat, the reality of life is that not everyone can afford that," Wiener said.
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Do you have urinary problems? 3 bedroom, 8.5 bath house lol
I have several friends that live in Manhattan. Well actually one did move to a cheaper area. I have gone to visit and they tell me availability of apartments is an issue. I guess do the area I live in, the prices seem exorbitant. Much like the west coast.
I see you didn't mention the location or monthly rental of the 1,000 ft apartment. I am genuinely curious...what is it if you don't mind sharing?
I recently read an article similar to this. For New York City.
Is this part of Agenda 21? Seems like it would fit.
lol
Movin on up, to the eastside!
Future prisons?
Had a friend who.lived in a place like that in Sunnyvale.
90 sq feet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZSdrtEqcHU
450 sq feet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RbxkrmuQ5E
Living in a garbage truck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNxzBkz6a_g&feature=related
I agree with a previous poster that big cities used to have rooming houses where a single person could live at reasonable rates. Those are pretty much gone. Besides, no one has a gun to your head.
Why not sell people campers which are about that size and more ingenious with the usage of space? Pluse they can easily move to where jobs are plentiful
These tiny apartments are not much different than in the old days people living in boarding houses or domitories. This was a living arrangement for people just getting started out in life where they could have a decent roof over their heads for a small cost while they worked to move up to better more spacious housing housing.
Boarding houses were a good free market solution to a housing problem that zoning made ILLEGAL.
Most cities used zoning to ban boarding houses
Boarding houses were a smart free market solution to housing for people just starting out or who might be taking temporary work
My great grandfather lived in a boarding house when he was an apprentice machinist and he met his future wife who was living about a block away. They attended the same church which was about a block away from both.
Containers come in standard lengths of 20’, 40’, 48’, and 53’. Widths are 8’. Heights are 8’ (standard), 8.5’ (high cube), and 9.5’ (high cube). Using either the 48’x8’ or 53’x8' containers, one can have a 384 sq. ft. or 424 sq. ft. living area. If the 9.5’ high containers are used, this comes to 3,648 cu. ft. or 4,028 cu. ft. respectively.
Decommissioned containers are readily available and have been accumulating in many port facilities. Average cost of a decommissioned container is $5,000-$7,000. Containers can be trucked to a site, converted to an apartment with all amenities and conveniences added, then trucked to a build site where they are assembled into a very strong and secure apartment block.
Thank you. People love zoning when it is enforcing what they think is good for other people.
S.F.s next space saving plan. Graves 4’ wide 7’ long and 2500’ deep.
Rack ‘em and stack ‘em.
Save bunches of room.
Too many rats in small spaces is disaster waiting to happen. I believe they know this and are just hoping violence starts so they can start clamping down.
How many apartments have “adequate” noise protection?
None I have ever lived in. And the cheaper they are the more certain it is they won’t.
Our concepts of personal space are larger here as well. People here are a lot louder overall too. More obnoxious and not caring about disrupting others.
Seeing that this is their long term goal, you ought to oppose it now for that reason.
$1700 a month for 200 sq ft isn’t my definition of cheap rent.
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