One bedroom Plus den (apartments, to rent, loft)

[laxmi]

Can 2 adults and small kid stay in one bedroom plus den apartment according to Mass law??

also can 2 adults and 1 kid stay in one bedroom plus loft apartment.

Thanks in advance.

[clevedark]

I had no idea there was any kind of law decreeing that every child has to have their own bedroom. That's crazy!

[brightdoglover]

I believe there's something about square footage per person, not bedrooms per se. I lived in a studio that specified only one person could live in it.
I think the local board of health would be the place to inquire.
I don't know how stringent any general guideline would be. It might be up to the landlord/owning company, rather than a regulation. After all, landlords don't want whole families in a studio, etc. I know in a neighborhood where Cambodian immigrants were clustering (Carroll St. in Brighton) once there was a fire or something and hundreds of people were homeless on one block. The landlord was packing these people in (and not meeting code to boot).
I don't think the afore-mentioned family structure would present any problem with the types of apartments mentioned. Oh, and a landlord cannot refuse to rent simply because of the presence of a child. Do note that older apartments have to pass lead paint laws in order to rent with a child under six, and if a landlord hasn't met those laws, you might get turned down without a specific reason.
Best wishes- I think a lot (relatively) of apartments are more available now with the economic issues going on.