You got lucky. If you've got an apartment in, say, a healthcare facility, they'll install those thermostats and whatnot. Usually the neighbours are clueless about technology so complaining doesn't get very far at all.
It's even worse if some staff wrote paranoid in your file, 'cause they'll argue it's good for "exposure".
You mean if you are permanently resident in a mental institute they don't let you control the temperature? That's hardly surprising...
I read it more as a senior living facility.
Those folks pay out the effing nose, they ought to be allowed to control the temp in their apartment.
Some day, that could be you.