Talk:Single Room Occupancy

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Contents 1 Correct Usage 2 Various dwellings in NYC 3 Affordable Housing As Opposed to Single Room Occupancy 4 NPOV/Inflammatory statement? 5 Single Room Occupancy vs Single Resident Occupancy

[edit] Correct Usage

I'm not sure that this reflects correct useage of the term SRO. In Chicago and other parts of the country, SRO is a newish term used only for SRO hotels--as the writer below notes a "flophouse." 2 core concepts are "hotel" it is possible to rent nightly and cheap enough that poor people can rent on a monthly basis.

A rooming house is probably a better term for the typical single family conversion--where tenants share a bathroom, but rent on a monthly basis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.0.101 (talk) 01:13, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Various dwellings in NYC

In NYC, the "cage hotel" would be called a "flophouse."

At the classier end of the SRO is the "residential hotel" with larger rooms, some with private bath.

Residential hotels were generally built as tourist or residential hotels, whereas most SROs were carved out of something else such as a private dwelling, apartment house . . . or hotel.

The show Hot L Baltimore takes place in a residential hotel.

[edit] Affordable Housing As Opposed to Single Room Occupancy

Many newer SRO buildings in New York City in particular are actually quite comfortable more like small studio apartments/bachelor apartments than the traditional slum/flophouse/cage hotel the newer buildings typically inlude a bathroom and kitchenette for each resident in the room

[edit] NPOV/Inflammatory statement?

Surely I'm not the only person who thinks the statement, "Typically, the residents in SROs are men who are impoverished, debilitated, mentally ill, addicted to drugs, and/or dying," is a little less than NPOV? ChrisStansfield ^Contribs 15:08, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Well most of the article is unreferenced, so feel free to change it. I'm sure there are plenty of urban studies sources out there about SROs and low income housing. Wl219 07:32, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Single Room Occupancy vs Single Resident Occupancy

ive lived in this kind of place for a while and have heard both terms used. i think single resident occupancy at least deserves a mention, perhaps redirecting here. im not sure though and will leave it to more experienced eds to figure this one out if any of them want to. Badmachine (talk) 20:19, 24 March 2008 (UTC)