The illegal accessory apartment over the garage is empty, too.

Over the years, illegal apartments had been created on the top two floors.

It estimated the number of illegal apartments in town at 6,000 to 10,000.

Town officials said they received around 5,000 complaints about illegal apartments last year.

"The only option usually is illegal apartments, unless the student has very wealthy parents."

"Many of those people are in illegal apartments," Mayor explained.

His son stayed, but in an illegal apartment that costs $700 a month nonetheless.

Many homeowners have already used the additional space to provide an illegal apartment.

You still have lots of illegal apartments which can't meet the codes.

They counted more than 100,000 illegal apartments in the two counties.