Co-Living and Permanent Supportive Housing Questions

[Tim Kim]

I am starting to build out a few of my lots. I have a duplex built with a total of 14 bedrooms as well as other compounds that I would like to build near university towns, Koreatown, and south of DTLA. My concern is renting rooms via permanent supportive housing for homeless as well as co-living facilities for mellinials students and etc.

My question is regarding maximum occupancy laws governing the city of Los Angeles. Having 7 bedrooms in a duplex unit am I allowed to lease all 14 in both units out on a room basis? I believe I will have all tenants under one lease and amend and assign as they come and go. Due to being permanent supportive housing will I be able to put locks on each bedroom as they are considered units. I am not trying to break any SRO laws as I am not trying to rent out rooms for ****** conditions per say. 

How does the locks work with a co-living style situation? I know at my tenure at Usc students would rent out rooms and each room would have a keyless lock or a normal lock. How does this differ from renting out duplexes to individuals per room.

TLDR: will renting out 14 individual tenants on one lease for a duplex violate any SRO laws? Am I allowed to put locks on each door because they are considered permanent supportive housing units? For co-living duplex and apartment complexes can I put locks on doors for individual tenants without breaking any LADBS, SRO, or Housing laws even though I am not near a university town?