Portal:Housing

The House and Housing portal Housing, or more generally living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings collectively, for the purpose of sheltering people — the planning or provision delivered by an authority, with related meanings. The social issue is of ensuring that members of society have a home in which to live, whether this is a house, or some other kind of dwelling, lodging, or shelter. Many governments have one or more housing authorities, sometimes also called a housing ministry, or housing department. (Full article...) Selected article - Sinagua cliff dwelling (Montezuma Castle), Arizona In archeology, cliff dwellings are dwellings formed by using niches or caves in high cliffs, with more or less excavation or with additions in the way of masonry. Two special types of cliff dwelling are distinguished by archaeologists: the cliff-house, which is actually built on levels in the cliff, and the cavate, which is dug out, by using natural recesses or openings. (Full article...) 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The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station 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. 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. An A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota Renaissance townhouses in Gdańsk, Poland The Josiah Day House in West Springfield, Massachusetts is an example of a Saltbox-style home WikiProjects WikiProject Home Living WikiProject Architecture General images - The following are images from various housing-related articles on Wikipedia. Mobile home A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia Vao tower house in Estonia, built in 15th century Brick ranch-style house Travel trailer or camper reconstructed Viking longhouse A-frame gable-style house, Portugal Split-level house Multi-storied attached adobe houses at Taos Pueblo Frutighaus, housebarn Southern I-House style home Related articles Dwelling Home House List of house styles List of house types List of human habitation forms Lodging Residence Categories Houses Select [►] to view subcategories ▼ Houses ► Houses by city ► Houses by continent ► Houses by country ► Houses by year of completion ► Clergy houses ► Cottage orné ► Fictional houses ► Fortified houses ► Gatehouses (architecture) ► Household hardware ► Historic houses ► House styles ► House types ► Imperial residences ► Manor houses ► Mock castles ► Octagon houses ► Official residences ► Pair-houses ► Palaces ► Prow houses ► Relocated houses ► Royal residences ► Ruined houses ► Safe houses ► Settlement houses ► Skinny houses ► Stone houses ► Villas ► Wooden houses House types Select [►] to view subcategories ▼ House types ► House types in Bangladesh ► House types in the United Kingdom ► A-frame houses and buildings ► Beach houses ► Boarding houses ► Cave dwellings ► Central passage plan architecture ► Cliff dwellings ► Condominium ► Country houses ► Crescents (architecture) ► Dogtrot architecture ► Dower houses ► Dugouts ► Farmhouses ► Hall houses ► Hostels ► Houseboats ► I-houses ► Low-energy building ► Manor houses ► Market houses ► Traditional Native American dwellings ► Prefabricated houses ► Public housing ► Ranch house architecture ► Recreational vehicles ► Rumah adat ► Sod houses ► Stilt houses ► Toll houses ► Triple-decker apartment houses ► Villas House styles Select [►] to view subcategories ▼ House styles ► American architectural styles ► American Craftsman architecture ► American Foursquare architecture ► Art Nouveau houses ► Bungalow architecture ► Carpenter Gothic houses ► Central passage plan architecture ► Chinese architectural styles ► Dogtrot architecture ► Folk Victorian architecture ► Greek Revival houses ► Haitian architectural styles ► Israeli architectural styles ► Landhuizen ► Log houses ► Manor houses ► Palaces by architectural style ► Queen Anne architecture in the United States ► Ranch house architecture ► Saltbox architecture ► Shingle Style architecture ► Shingle Style houses ► Stone enders ► Territorial Revival architecture ► Triple-decker apartment houses ► Tudor Revival architecture ► Victorian architectural styles ► Villas Wikimedia Tasks Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Stubs : Expand short articles about homes and housing Verify : Provide sources for unreferenced and poorly-sourced articles about homes and housing • Dwelling • Lodging • Residence Other : Improve this portal; feel free to add suggestions at the talk page • Join the Home Living WikiProject • Translate home and housing articles from another language to English –When a task is completed, please remove it from the list. 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