City Concern News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

The nonprofit Scottsburg Community Services Association in Douglas County has received a $40,000 grant from the Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation, the Foundatio

SEATTLE — Every part of Barbara Peraza-Garcia and her family’s single-room apartment in Seattle has a double or even triple purpose.

Boarding houses that rented single rooms, or "micro-apartments" to low-income workers were prevelant in the early 1900s.

Boarding houses were a staple in the early 1900s. A century later, that same concept of small single rooms with a shared kitchen or bathroom is reappearing — now with the trendy name of “micro-apartment.”

Boarding houses were a staple in the early 1900s. A century later, that same concept of small single rooms with a shared kitchen or bathroom is reappearing — now with the trendy name of “micro-apartment.”