It's not just Bloomberg - NYC is the problem (illegal, millionaire, New York)

[freemkt]

While New York City has its fair share of shoebox apartments, most of those units are very old and have been grandfathered into the city’s building codes. Alternative housing models, like the tiny apartments that are common in cities like Tokyo and Paris, can’t be built in New York due to zoning codes and building regulations implemented in the past century.


In the case of micro-units, a 1987 law makes it illegal to build apartments under 400 square feet. But why, you might ask, do they need to be built in the first place?


Who'd Live Here? Micro-apartments and NYC Housing Needs | MetroFocus | THIRTEEN

[workingclasshero]

the last thing we need is micro apartment slums

[bmw335xi]

I'm all in favor for micro-apartments, it's not fair that you have to be a millionaire to buy a property in New York City. It is great for single young professionals who want to live in the heart of a major city.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

the last thing we need is micro apartment slums

(1) How are they slums?

(2) What then do childless poor adults need? You insist they live within their means, how else would they do that?