The case for preserving and creating single room occupancy housing in Massachusetts

the long version

...discusses findings of a study of lodging houses and single room occupancy in Massachusetts; provides data on how lodging houses are funded, problems facing owners of private lodging housing, licensing, zoning, and conversion issues; gives some data on number of lodging housing in the state and in Boston, characteristics of buildings and their occupants; describes model affordable housing projects in the state and across the country; recommends strategies for preserving single room occupancy as a type of affordable housing...