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3.0
2.8
Avg. Number of Bedrooms Per Unit
2.6
2.4
2.2
2.0
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
1.57
1.90
1.55 1.54
1.44
1.60
0.0
In-rent (or HOA)
N=803
Submetered
N=120
RUBS
N=239
Hot-water hybrid
N=27
Other
N=6
TOTAL
N=1195
Figure 4.4 Average number of bedrooms per unit, manager survey respondents
Across all surveyed properties, the average number of bedrooms per unit was 1.60.
Submetered properties had slightly larger units than the other types of properties, with an
average unit size of 1.9 bedrooms. Complete results can be seen in Figure 4.4. Average rents
were somewhat higher for impact properties compared to in-rent properties (Figure 4.5). Even
after adjusting for the number of bedrooms per unit, the average rent per bedroom was slightly
higher among impact properties; $494 per bedroom for submetered properties, $491 per bedroom
for RUBS properties, $542 per bedroom for hot water hybrid properties, and $466 per bedroom
for in-rent properties.
Impact properties were more likely to have been constructed in the last 10 years
compared to in-rent properties. About 7% of in-rent properties had been constructed in 1995 or
later, compared to 41% of submetered properties, 17% of RUBS properties and 19% of hot water
hybrid properties. Results are shown in Figure 4.6.
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