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 collectively, for the purpose of sheltering people — the planning or provision delivered by an authority, with related meanings. 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, is a social issue. Many governments have one or more housing authorities, sometimes also called a housing ministry, or housing department. (Full article...) Selected article - Street-fronted back-to-back terraces in Harold Grove, Leeds Back-to-backs are a form of terraced houses in the United Kingdom, built from the late 18th century through to the early 20th century in various guises. Many thousands of these dwellings were built during the Industrial Revolution for the rapidly increasing population of expanding factory towns. Back-to-backs share party walls on three of their four sides, with the front wall having the only door and windows. As back-to-backs were built as the cheapest possible housing for the impoverished working class, their construction was usually sub-standard. Their configuration did not allow for sufficient ventilation or sanitation. Toilets and water supplies were shared with multiple households in enclosed courtyards. Back-to-backs gained an unfavourable reputation for poor levels of health and hygiene. (Full article...) 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Related Portals Architecture Civilizations Society Selected image - Aerial view of tract housing developments near Markham, Ontario 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. 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. A Mandarin's House in Peking, China with Mr. Yang and family members on the balcony, circa 1860 A wood-frame American Foursquare house in Minnesota with dormer windows on each side and a large front porch Renaissance townhouses in Gdańsk, Poland The Josiah Day House in West Springfield, Massachusetts is an example of a Saltbox-style home An A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota 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. The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station 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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