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Related: About this forumDowntown LA Apartment owner takes carports from tenants to build ADUs
Low ceiling, tiny rental units with no parking. Windows and door on one side.

NJCher
(41,692 posts)Be allowed.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,634 posts)FarPoint
(14,256 posts)I don't live in a big city...
BlueWaveNeverEnd
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MayReasonRule
(3,903 posts)Can't even imagine how many thousands of dollars folks are paying for such a crappy place.
Fuck greed.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,634 posts)Auggie
(32,599 posts)saw that in San Francisco's Marina neighborhood in 1989. Carports usually are not designed with the same load-bearing ability of residential units unless that's been changed in newer building codes. That will have to be addressed.
Even then ... tiny, dark, claustrophobic, and very scary.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(11,634 posts)Leaving 2nd floor and higher intact
NNadir
(36,734 posts)(I saw tents on the streets when I was in San Diego.)
If the units are affordable, I personally value people over cars, but that is generally called into question around here and elsewhere.
FakeNoose
(38,965 posts)They only want to build McMansions, and most people can't afford them.
I live in Pittsburgh where we do still have affordable housing, but it's in the city not the suburbs. The houses are older and require some work and upkeep. Brand-new houses don't usually require that. Any young people who want to put in the time and sweat equity to fix up an old house, they can do well in Pittsburgh because we have many available choices.
I'm not sure if that's true in California, but people keep moving there anyway for the jobs.
SunSeeker
(56,894 posts)A reserved, covered parking spot is worth at least $400 a month in tight neighborhoods like that in LA. And many tenants would never have signed the lease if it had no parking spot. The landlord is really screwing over those tenants.
The landlord will probably lease out those ADUs for $3000 a month!
msongs
(72,625 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
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