Mayor Todd Gloria’s move to encourage construction of single-room-occupancy residences has a “back to the future” feel to it. The proposed incentives for this form of low-cost housing are just part of ...

Philadelphia. City Councilmember Derek Green has introduced legislation that would legalize single-room residences in all multifamily and commercial zoning districts. Single-room residences used to be ...

Almost as soon as the pandemic’s initial economic shutdown eased, rents began rising all over the country — sharp hikes that haven’t stopped since, making the nation's longstanding lack of affordable ...

Samaha is a housing program manager for PATH — People Assisting The Homeless. She lives in Hillcrest. In 1985, San Diego resident Jill Van Cleve spoke to the city’s planning commission regarding a ...

One solution for downtown Minneapolis’ vacant offices: Affordable ‘co-living’ housing Researchers at Pew Charitable Trusts teamed with planning firm Gensler to explore how converting empty office ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – New York City plans to introduce legislation allowing for single-room occupancies (SROs) or shared housing, according to the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. If ...

There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each. By Mihir Zaveri Single-room apartments once ...

In its Thursday meeting, the Gainesville City Commission passed an ordinance covering restrictions on single room occupancy (SRO) residences through a second reading. SROs are a form of housing where ...

Centre Avenue Housing was formerly the Hill District YMCA. It has 74 units of single room occupancy affordable housing. On a recent weekday afternoon, Matthew Walker was watching TV with some of his ...

Oregon last year rewrote the rules for one of the oldest and cheapest housing types, single-room occupancy lodgings. As part of broader housing reform, lawmakers – with little fanfare – passed a law ...