Prison cells in the United States are usually 70 sq ft and include running water, but generally speaking prisons in the US don't have private cells and its a barrack type situation, so generally amenities like showers, toilets, kitchens, yards, all of that is shared. If you were to look at the military its common for beds to be shared on ships and submarines due to space restrictions.
What I'm getting at is "what is the absolute minimum of personal space that should be considered a human right?" Is it none and we should try to promote communal living spaces or is there an actual number for how much sq ft is a human right? Should everyone have a private toilet/shower/fridge/stove/television/ect?
Is there a line to be drawn on this issue or should no line be drawn? Is personal space something we should be measuring objectively or subjectively?
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A kitchen and a bathroom for each household plus one room for each person in the household seems to be a reasonable rule of thumb for creating the physical space allowing people to thrive.
Do you include laundry machines in there?
They're quite nice to have. Ultimately what is considered "enough" is to a large degree a social question. What is considered normal? Does everyone else have one? It is also a question of what the alternatives are, is it expensive laundromats several blocks away, is it a well-equipped laundry room for the entire building or is it some sort of service where you hand in your clothes to be washed at an industrial-scale laundry.