# of people per house?

Gwydion

New Member
Is there a law that limits the number of people allowed to live in a single house? A house down the street has 6 children, ranging in age from infant to about 10, 6 adults, and at least one old lady.

If the house, which looks identical to most other houses in the neighborhood, follows the same floorplan as the other houses, has 3 small bedrooms, on the top floor, a small kitchen and living room on the ground floor, and a small basement on the bottom floor.

I don't see how it is possibel to have (from what I can tell) 13 people living in it. I am going to keep an eye on the house for the next week to make sure my count is correct (it is possible that the "3 couples" I mentioned is just one women and three different men). But if it is correct and there is a law against it, I don't want these kids in that bad of a situation.

Thoughts?
 
Is there a law that limits the number of people allowed to live in a single house? A house down the street has 6 children, ranging in age from infant to about 10, 6 adults, and at least one old lady.

If the house, which looks identical to most other houses in the neighborhood, follows the same floorplan as the other houses, has 3 small bedrooms, on the top floor, a small kitchen and living room on the ground floor, and a small basement on the bottom floor.

I don't see how it is possibel to have (from what I can tell) 13 people living in it. I am going to keep an eye on the house for the next week to make sure my count is correct (it is possible that the "3 couples" I mentioned is just one women and three different men). But if it is correct and there is a law against it, I don't want these kids in that bad of a situation.

Thoughts?

Do you have reason to believe the kids are being neglected or are in danger...:confused:
 

sockgirl77

Well-Known Member
I actually do think that there are laws about how many children can be in one bedroom. It's a good google for the day.
 

Gwydion

New Member
Do you have reason to believe the kids are being neglected or are in danger...:confused:

The reason I brought this up was because of the other post about the autistic boy crossing the street.

I live in the neighborhood across from the main PAX gate...across from Roses, which is a rather trashy neighborhood.

These kids run around the yard all day, running across the street...which since it is a small street, really isn't that big of a deal, except with the massive number of adults at the house, they park their cars along the street and you can't see a 3 year old running into the street between two SUVs.

The problem is, I don't really know the definition of "neglect" now a days. I grew up in the back country and my parents let us freely roam and pretty much do whatever we wanted from a very young age. But now that I know the types of people that live in the neighborhood, I wouldn't let my kids leave the house, let alone run around unwatched.

If this is a "Your being dumb, just ignore it" thread, then thats how it goes... I just wanted to see what the general opinion was.

Nope, not really. My dad grew up in a small TH in PG County. He was one of 11 children.
I understand completely. I knew of a lot of people growing up with a lot of siblings....its just the state of that house, the state of their yard, and the state of the neighborhood....kinda makes me cringe.
 

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vbailey

vbailey
I understood that if the children are under the age of 8 they have to have an adult with them, even if they are playing in the yard someone has to be out there watching them.
 
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