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Message: <blockquote data-quote="David Argall" data-source="post: 764848" data-attributes="member: 4481">boarding houses, apts, etc"Boarding houses I'm not so sure about. I think these were a much later concept. But I'll investigate. If you know of a source that talks about medieval boarding houses, point it out to me"     I would think boarding houses is an extremely ancient, and obvious, development.  Any city has a large number of workers in need of cheap housing, which they can't afford to buy.  Many will live at the workplace, but this means you are on call 25 hours a day, so the workers want to find alternatives.  Apartments will do for those with a family or other support, but living alone requires quite a bit of time to cook, clean up, laundry, cleaning...  A boarding house can provide all these services.    The inn is generally suitable for our adventurer since he is a travelling sort and only wants temporary housing.  But few stay at an inn for any length of time.  Those wanting to stay in the city for any extended period go elsewhere.    On the other side, any city will have fairly large residences that are no longer suitable for the rich [and in many cases are owned by those no longer rich].  Cutting these into a dozen or so units and providing other housing services turns the white elephant into a paying business.      In some societies, it was one of the relatively few "respectable" options for a woman in need of coin.     I doubt you can find too much on the history of boarding houses.  It is likely one of those things that are just always there and get little notice.</blockquote>

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