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Video: Woman Who Lived In 90-Sq-Ft Apartment Evicted, Gets Bigger Digs
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Published Jan 28, 2013
Modified Jan 29, 2013
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In 2011 we met Felice Cohen, who at the time was living in a 90-square-foot apartment on the Upper West Side. Soon after the video tour of her home went viral, her landlord tried to raise her rent (which was $700/month), and now she's moved. The move wasn't motivated by any hunger for a larger living space, but when her landlord discovered she wasn't on the lease, she says she was threatened with eviction if she didn't sign a lease that would double her rent. Now she's moved to a 500-square-foot PALACE, which she owns, and is working on a book about living large in a small space. Her new apartment is also on the Upper West Side, and FairCompanies has a tour of the big digs:
[via Laughing Squid]
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