11/08/2019
"ST 11/8 Sun - Many apartments carved up and let out as cubicle homes
- Instead of renting out an entire four-bedroom apartment to one tenant, for instance, an occupant might convert it into eight smaller units to rent out to more people - usually more than the allowed occupancy. The toilets and kitchen are shared...
- Tenants are drawn by what they view as a good deal - convenient locations, affordable rates, and for some, exclusive use of facilities such as swimming pools. Some partitioned rooms can be let out for as little as $300 a month...
- Tenants are instructed not to keep the doors open and to keep the volume down. Many have also been told not to speak to strangers, as this reporter learnt after visiting several "hot spots" last month...
- Most tenants seemed unaware they were breaking the rules..."