homes/sardine cans/what do they have in common (Austin: rental, house)

[oldtoiletsmkgdflrpots]

Are there any rules regarding how many people can live in a house? And if there are is it area specific?

The reason I'm asking is this...I see a lot of small moving vans and think someone is moving out when in actuality they are moving in. Or, am I making a judgement and I'm not seeing accurately.

[austinnerd]

You wouldn't happen to live next door to a family that's trying to add an extension to their house do you?

[oldtoiletsmkgdflrpots]

lol, no. However, I've seen a lot of garages become "not garages". Hows that for bad grammar?

[Komeht]

Poor people need places to live also. It'd be a pretty cruel society to live in when we artificially and drastically constrict the supply of housing thus driving up prices and the prevent those not able to keep up from doubling up on living quarters.

Of course, the actual solution is to radically alter our course of action and return to the way we use to build cities and strip all those land use codes away that protect the very rich at the direct expense of the very poor and make our city worse in the process.

[oldtoiletsmkgdflrpots]

Originally Posted by Komeht

Poor people need places to live also. It'd be a pretty cruel society to live in when we artificially and drastically constrict the supply of housing thus driving up prices and the prevent those not able to keep up from doubling up on living quarters.

Of course, the actual solution is to radically alter our course of action and return to the way we use to build cities and strip all those land use codes away that protect the very rich at the direct expense of the very poor and make our city worse in the process.

Wow, and I thought it was me that jumped to conclusions and made assumptions. And, I'm not talking about "doubling" up...it's a bit more than double me thinks. But, hey...I could be wrong.

When my family moved here from another country and worked we had homes where my grandparents lived downstairs and my aunts and uncles lived upstairs...but they were two completely separate homes with a staircase on the side where you could enter the upstairs from the outside-front lower porch. And those lawns were truly postage size and you could shake hands with your neighbor if you opened the window. Well, or throw empty beer bottles at them.

What that has to do with anything I don't know. My question was in regards to how many people can you cram into one house and are there rules in regards to that.

[Trainwreck20]

Lol, he did not jump to a conclusion, he has been camped on a specific conclusion for a long time .

[oldtoiletsmkgdflrpots]

Originally Posted by Trainwreck20

Lol, he did not jump to a conclusion, he has been camped on a specific conclusion for a long time .

LOL, Maybe we should bring him/her, (I really don't know which) some fresh wha-tah because he might be getting a bit thirsty. (thats water with a weird accent)

[High_Plains_Retired]

Originally Posted by oldtoiletsmkgdflrpots

Are there any rules regarding how many people can live in a house? And if there are is it area specific?

Apparently not. Ever owned a rental house in Texas? It matters not what the lease says, garages, storage buildings and even enclosed porches are subject to being moved into.

[Komeht]

Originally Posted by oldtoiletsmkgdflrpots

Wow, and I thought it was me that jumped to conclusions and made assumptions. And, I'm not talking about "doubling" up...it's a bit more than double me thinks. But, hey...I could be wrong.

When my family moved here from another country and worked we had homes where my grandparents lived downstairs and my aunts and uncles lived upstairs...but they were two completely separate homes with a staircase on the side where you could enter the upstairs from the outside-front lower porch. And those lawns were truly postage size and you could shake hands with your neighbor if you opened the window. Well, or throw empty beer bottles at them.

What that has to do with anything I don't know. My question was in regards to how many people can you cram into one house and are there rules in regards to that.

And I'm saying that if you make things really expensive people will do what they have to to survive.

There is a sensible alternative that doesn't involve cruelty to people not as lucky as you or I. It's to dramatically increase the housing supply so people can stand a chance at something affordable on their own rather than sharing.

[CptnRn]

I recall Austin has some codes limiting the max number of people per bedroom, but it was pretty high. Suburbs may have no such codes.