San Francisco says tiny sleeping 'pods,' which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code
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- Sleeping "pods," which have become popular with San Francisco's tech workers, are not up to code.
- A San Francisco authority issued a violation for the pods on Tuesday, The SF Examiner reported.
- The $700-a-month pods are four-foot-high boxes made out of wood and steel.
Tiny sleeping "pods," which have proved a hit with San Francisco's tech community, are not up to code, city officials said.
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection issued a notice violation for the pods, which contain beds, but no windows, on Tuesday, The San Francisco Examiner reported. The department said the pods, located in Mint Plaza, were illegally installed without a residential building permit.
If the building wants to keep the pods, it must file the required permits by the start of November, obtain official approval by December 2, and have inspectors sign off on the changes before the start of the new year, the outlet reported.
Representatives for the San Francisco Department of Building Inspection did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside normal working hours.
The pods, which are four-foot-high boxes constructed from wood and steel, made headlines after tech workers praised the spaces in interviews with ABC 7 News.
In San Francisco, the Brownstone-made pods go for $700 per month. Brownstone CEO James Stallworth told SFGATE the company had a lot of inquiries from people who are interested in AI.
Young workers flocking to the city for new opportunities praised the spaces for their ease and networking opportunities.
Tech startup founder Christian Lewis posted photos of his experience in one of the pods on X, formerly known as Twitter, earlier this month.
"People are getting bitchy but i'm not sure what for. i'm just trying to stay within the city of San Francisco without paying $4,000 a month or getting stabbed, and i think this is a great solution so far," he wrote. "There's a lot of cool people here too."