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FunLife64 t1_it75rd3 wrote

I doubt this goes through, but I kinda get it. There was a house that was recently renovated near me - into two 6 bedroom apartments (which is basically a dorm). That basically takes that property offline if you aren’t a college student in a neighborhood that’s actually not a lot of undergrads. There’s also these “Airbnb” type of rentals for students where you rent just an individual room and share a kitchen. That’s also a glorified dorm. Renovating residential properties to these configurations only makes it worse for non-college students looking for housing.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_it77q23 wrote

That definitely can and does happen. I'm not sure what percentage of homes are like that but I think there's probably a better way to limit that by maybe some limit on that kind of renovation being done going forward?

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Jerkeyjoe t1_it79ngk wrote

Yeah but people will do it anyway

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_it7w3sd wrote

Sure, but that logic could be used against every law that has ever existed or will ever exist.

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Jerkeyjoe t1_it79i4b wrote

The person who just bought my building did this and I'm pretty pissed off about it. The amount they're getting from them is mind-blowing . I'm sitting here in my studio apartment thinking, I'm gonna have to move aren't I?

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FunLife64 t1_it8f866 wrote

Yeah also I love that people whine on here all the time about rich and spoiled RISD, Brown, etc. but then are those poor college students about this

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