Amid Bay Area housing crisis, tiny bunk bed 'pods' offered for $800 a month!

[GoneFishin]

Amid Bay Area housing crisis, tiny bunk bed 'pods' offered for $800 a month
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Bay-Area-bunk-bed-pods-for-800-a-month-17162659.php

 

[hollydolly]

They've been doing it for many years in China, and without the cleanliness and space offered in your example...

 

[PamfromTx]

Amid Bay Area housing crisis, tiny bunk bed 'pods' offered for $800 a month
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Bay-Area-bunk-bed-pods-for-800-a-month-17162659.php

Those look like prison cells. Not that I've ever been in one.

For that price, I hope they throw in your personal bathroom including a sauna.

 

[oldaunt]

My mortgage and car payment together weren't that much, and far more spacious...

 

[Pepper]

This is a very dangerous precedent of things to come.

 

[Pepper]

They've been doing it for many years in China, and without the cleanliness and space offered in your example...

China hey? The first thing Mao did when he took over was to kill the landlords. Eddie Murphy ascribes to that idea too.

 

[JustBonee]

Amid Bay Area housing crisis, tiny bunk bed 'pods' offered for $800 a month
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Bay-Area-bunk-bed-pods-for-800-a-month-17162659.php

Good Grief! ... Glad I'm not in that part of the country.

 

[Lewkat]

I would hope there would be a careful vetting process unlike public shelters. For that money, they should get meals and laundry thrown in as well as clean linens regularly.

 

[Remy]

Yes, I've heard of this in other countries. I've also heard of people renting a walk in closet in the bay area. But this one is first for me. It's greed, greed, greed.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Amid Bay Area housing crisis, tiny bunk bed 'pods' offered for $800 a month
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Bay-Area-bunk-bed-pods-for-800-a-month-17162659.php

If it's living in a pod. or on the street; the pod don't look so bad.

 

[Murrmurr]

If it's living in a pod. or on the street; the pod don't look so bad.

But if you're living on the street, where do you get $800 every month? Disability checks wouldn't do, and neither would social security or welfare. In Calif., a renter's monthly income has to be 3 times the rent.

 

[chic]

This is a very dangerous precedent of things to come.

Yes, it is. I'm relieved someone else sees this.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I had seen a report about this somewhere before. $800 is a ridiculous amount to be charging for those "accommodations" but I guess people living in Cali have come to grips with overpriced housing and this winds up being a much cheaper option. Plus add they don't have to plunk down a security deposit which is often 1.5 to 2 X the rental costs plus the first month's rent which comes to a minimum of $6,000 to move into the average studio in that area. Those who choose these pods are saving money out the gate. The article says residents are in their 20s and 30s, what I'd expect.

 

[jujube]

This is in a single-family house? I'm sure the neighbors are absolutely THRILLED about that!

 

[Alligatorob]

Glad I don't have to live like that. But I can see how some do...

 

[oldaunt]

I had seen a report about this somewhere before. $800 is a ridiculous amount to be charging for those "accommodations" but I guess people living in Cali have come to grips with overpriced housing and this winds up being a much cheaper option. Plus add they don't have to plunk down a security deposit which is often 1.5 to 2 X the rental costs plus the first month's rent which comes to a minimum of $6,000 to move into the average studio in that area. Those who choose these pods are saving money out the gate. The article says residents are in their 20s and 30s, what I'd expect.

Guess why I don't live on the Left Coast any more.........My mortgage here AND my car payment together wasn't $800

 

[Jules]

I couldn’t read the article but got a quick look at the bunks. If someone lived far away and had to commute long hours daily to get to work, I’d consider this setup to have a place to hang my hat from Monday to Thursday night.