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2. Single-room occupancy - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Single-room occupancy (SRO) is a form of housing that is typically aimed at residents with low or minimal incomes, or single adults who like a minimalist lifestyle, who rent small, furnished single rooms with a bed, chair, and sometimes a small desk. [1] SRO units are rented out as permanent residence and/or primary residence [2] to ...

3. Hostel - Wikipedia

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   Hostel dormitory room in Taiwan. A hostel is a form of low-cost, short-term shared sociable lodging where guests can rent a bed, usually a bunk bed in a dormitory sleeping 4–20 people, with shared use of a lounge and usually a kitchen. Rooms can be mixed or single-sex and have private or shared bathrooms. Private rooms may also be available.

4. Common lodging-house - Wikipedia

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   Common lodging-house. Illustration of Low Lodging House, St Giles, London, 1872. "Common lodging-house" is a Victorian era term for a form of cheap accommodation in which the inhabitants (who are not members of one family) are all lodged together in the same room or rooms, whether for eating or sleeping. [1] The slang terms dosshouse (British ...

5. ‘Can’t keep up with demand’: NYC rents grew seven times ...

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   Across New York City’s five boroughs in 2023, rent rates grew an average of 8.6 percent compared to just 1.2 percent for wages — the largest gap among the country’s 50 biggest metropolitan ...

6. Boarding house - Wikipedia

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   Boarding house. A boarding house is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms on a nightly basis, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied.

7. Students transform their drab dorm rooms into comfy ... - AOL

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   Sara Hunt, 19, a sophomore at New York University from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, wanted her dorm room to look cozy but her budget was $100. That's because she's footing 30% — or nearly $30,000 a ...