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The “board” in a boarding house is food. There can be other services as well, but food is definitely required to be a boarding house.


Yes, the situation with shared common areas and private bedrooms individually leased is more typically called "single room occupancy" (SRO) and is often prohibited by local rental codes.

Where I live there is discussion about allowing it in some neighborhoods, with the requirement that the property owner is also resident in the house.




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