Debate over ethics of renting windowless bedrooms to low-income tenants

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Sunlight in your bedroom could become a luxury as cities debate allowing landlords to rent windowless rooms in former office buildings to alleviate the housing crisis

Things have gotten heated between housing advocates who disagree on the importance of indoor natural light.

in urban cores. But many office buildings are too deep to allow for windows in the rooms that would be closest to the center of the building. Enter windowless bedrooms. that windowless bedrooms would"save downtowns" by facilitating the mass retrofitting of office buildings into apartments. "Why can't we do a real examination of the rules that state every bedroom must have a window?" heduring an interview on WNYC this month.

 

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