The Occupant in the Single Room

Duration: 20

Year Published: 1974

Creator: WNET/13

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Explains that there are more than 200,000 elderly people living in New York City with fixed incomes below the national poverty level, many of whom can only afford to live in one of New York's remaining single-room occupancy hotels. Reveals the deplorable living conditions of one of these hotels, the 123 Hotel, which has been cited for numerous fire and health code violations and provides no heat or hot water to its tenants. Interviews the old people still living there who express their worst fears that the hotel will be closed and they will have nowhere else to go except the streets.

Complete Record: Explains that there are more than 200,000 elderly people living in New York City with fixed incomes below the national poverty level, many of whom can only afford to live in one of New York's remaining single-room occupancy hotels. Reveals the deplorable living conditions of one of these hotels, the 123 Hotel, which has been cited for numerous fire and health code violations and provides no heat or hot water to its tenants. Interviews the old people still living there who express their worst fears that the hotel will be closed and they will have nowhere else to go except the streets., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.