microapartment

plural microapartments · alternative micro-apartment

1. A small, affordable apartment.

   Another big player in this sector is the London-based developer Inspired Asset Management, which has created hundreds of “micro-apartments”, many of them located in Croydon, south London.

   2017 February 11, Rupert Jones, “Welcome to rabbit-hutch Britain, land of the ever-shrinking home”, in The Guardian

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   While there’s no reliable data on micro-housing, some notable policies and projects are popping up on that front too. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg waived the city’s zoning standards to allow micro-apartments.

   2016 December 28, Dan Hernandez, “Is an even smaller New York apartment the key to sustainable living?”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: microflat