Design and Architecture
Living Small: Micro-Units and Podshare
Los Angeles is following a trend set in other high cost cities for micro-units, at market-rate rents. Could this be the solution to a housing problem? Or could it validate living spaces that might just be too small?
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenA “podestrian” at the Venice location of Podshare. Residents pay $60 per night to sleep in one of the bunks. Photo courtesy Podshare.
In this episode
2 storiesLiving small in LA’s new micro-units
Los Angeles is usually a leader in housing innovation, but when it comes to welcoming “micro-units,” the country’s second largest city trails behind cities such as Seattle, San Francisco and New York.
Read the story16 minAt Podshare, living communally without privacy
If you think micro-units are small, Podshare takes living small to the extreme. For as low as $50 a night, you can rent a “pod”, aka a bunk bed, in a large room with other people -- nicknamed ‘podestrians.’
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