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A rooming house, also called a "multi-tenant house", is a "dwelling with multiple rooms rented out individually", in which the tenants share kitchen and often bathroom facilities.[1] Rooming houses are often used as housing for low-income people, as rooming houses (along with single room occupancy units in hotels) are the least expensive housing for single adults.[1] Rooming houses are usually owned and operated by private landlords.[2] Rooming houses are better described as a "living arrangement" rather than a specially "built form" of housing; rooming houses involve people who are not related living together, often in an existing house, and sharing a kitchen, bathroom (in most cases), and a living room or dining room. Rooming houses in this way are similar to group homes and other roommate situations.[3] While there are purpose-built rooming houses, these are rare.[3]
- ^ a b McCracken, Molly (27 May 2014). "Rooming Houses". www.policyalternatives.ca. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Health and Housing in West-Central Ottawa: The Facts on Rooming Houses" (PDF). swchc.on.ca. Somerset West Community Health Centre. November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ a b Campsie, Philippa (April 2018). "Rooming houses in Toronto, 1997–2018" (PDF). neighbourhoodchange.ca. Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership. Retrieved 12 November 2018.