A woman cleans the windows of her apartment in a public housing complex on April 12, 2022 in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City, New York.
A woman cleans the windows of her apartment in a public housing complex on April 12, 2022 in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City, New York.
  • Housing advocates are debating whether windowless bedrooms are the solution to the housing crisis.
  • A severe housing shortage and empty office buildings has prompted some to call for loosening regulations. 
  • But many others argue bedrooms without natural light are inhumane. 

Things have gotten heated between housing advocates who disagree on the importance of indoor natural light.