Portal:Housing

The House and Housing portal Common types of secondary dwelling units Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing is a basic human need, and it plays a critical role in shaping the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. (Full article...) Selected article - A farmhouse (at bottom) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland A farmhouse is a building that serves as the primary quarters in a rural or agricultural setting. Historically, farmhouses were often combined with space for animals called a housebarn. Other farmhouses may be connected to one or more barns, built to form a courtyard, or with each farm building separate from each other. (Full article...) List of selected articles Mansion Mobile home Bay-and-gable Octagon house Modular building Castle Back-to-back house Octavia Hill Dormitory Waddesdon Manor Subprime mortgage crisis Osborne House Château United States housing bubble Mar del Plata style Upper Lusatian house Energy efficiency in British housing Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Affordable housing Apartment Condominium Housing cooperative Development of non-profit housing in the United States Public housing Public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O Log cabin Yurt Tree house Housing estate Housing discrimination Subsidized housing in the United States Manufactured housing Housing in Japan Trailer trash United States housing bubble Public housing in Australia Terraced house Florida Tropical House Cypress Log Cabin Armco-Ferro House House of Tomorrow (Indiana) Wieboldt-Rostone House Single room occupancy Man cave Boarding house Microapartment Hut Log house Affordable housing in Canada Great house Home automation Homelessness Twin Palms San Francisco housing shortage Home economics Helen Stuart Campbell Holden House Poorhouse Almshouse Pit-house Cliff dwelling Bungalow Terraced houses in the United Kingdom English country house Slum Favela Shanty town Housing in the United Kingdom Eviction Mortgage loan Secondary suite Hostel Rooming house Tong lau Shophouse Palace Villa La Pausa Flophouse Did you know (auto generated) ... that the neighborhood of Colonia Federal was built by employees of the Mexican Secretariat of the Interior to create exclusive housing for civil servants? ... that you can see the sea from every apartment in Arlington House, Margate? ... that in 2014, one could pay half a million US dollars to live in a former residence for people with tuberculosis? ... that a former radio host got a free apartment in New York City's King Manor and lived there for more than three decades? ... that the building housing the city council of Palembang, Indonesia, was claimed to be the "grandest" of its kind? ... that Compaq placed the built-in trackball of the LTE Lite on its display housing? ... that when UCLA was founded in 1919, the university's students provided numerous services, including athletics, housing, and parking? ... that residents at Alterlaa, a housing complex in Vienna, have large concrete planters in which plants can be grown? Related Portals Selected image - Renaissance townhouses in Gdańsk, Poland Eleazer Arnold House, 1691, Lincoln, Rhode Island, an example of a Stone ender style of Rhode Island architecture that developed in the 17th century where one wall in a house is made up of a large stone chimney. An A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota A wood-frame American Foursquare house in Minnesota with dormer windows on each side and a large front porch Seattle box is a regional style of residential architecture that was popular in Seattle, Washington and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s. A ranch-style house in Salinas, California, U.S. Aerial view of tract housing developments near Markham, Ontario The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station A Mandarin's House in Peking, China with Mr. Yang and family members on the balcony, circa 1860 The Josiah Day House in West Springfield, Massachusetts is an example of a Saltbox-style home Cottage flats are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above. More Did you know - WikiProjects WikiProject Home Living WikiProject Architecture General images - The following are images from various housing-related articles on Wikipedia. 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