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Illegal Boarding House, Crown
Heights, Brooklyn
Development of Housing Regulations In New York City
1867
1879
1901
1929
Tenement House Act
Tenement House ActTenement House Act Multiple Dwelling Law
of 1867
of 1879
of 1901
of 1929
Industrial building
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Soho Studio
Asking rental price: $2,800/month
1993
– 39,600
1960 – TODAY
129,000
occupied
SRO units
– “too
few to count”
Multiple
Dwelling Law
Building
Code
Housing
Maintenance
Code
Zoning
Resolution
Size of the average US home has increased by
34.2%
over the last 25 years.
Sharing Tower – Valencia, Spain
Pocket Living – London, UK
Go-Homes – San Diego, US
Grow-Homes – Montreal, Canada
The Way Forward
• Eradicate the notion of “family” from housing
regulations
• Make minimum space standards more flexible
• Make room sizes and uses more flexible
• Ensure that single adults are welcome part of
neighborhoods
• Really increase density
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