[fortissimohn]

Some people need to use the bathroom frequently or have dietary needs requiring specific food prep frequencies or styles. Even then, I wouldn't want to share a kitchen with someone who cooks things I can't stand the smell of.

[klooney]

But should cheap apartments that are possibly unpleasant be illegal? As someone who has been broke, it's very frustrating to not be able to rent something less nice for less money.

[saurik]

So maybe they can continue to use the vast majority of existing housing that has dedicated kitchens and bathrooms, while the people who are right now living in their car--without either a kitchen or a bathroom at all--because they can't afford a glamorous apartment with all of these crazy privileges we take for granted (including stuff like insulation and electricity) that you are saying are "essential" can pay a fraction of the cost and live in a small/single bedroom-only unit at the pseudo-dorm?

[seanmcdirmid]

And this is why SRO's were made illegal. Although they would have been preferable to squatting at some park in a tent.