Portal:Housing

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The House and Housing portal Common types of secondary dwelling units Housing refers to a property containing one or more shelter as a living space. Housing spaces are inhabited either by individuals or a collective group of people. Housing is also referred to as a human need and human right, playing a critical role in shaping the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. As a result, the quality and type of housing an individual or collective inhabits plays a large role in housing organization and housing policy. (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 forms. 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 two or 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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Warburg House was converted into the Jewish Museum after nearly being replaced by apartments? ... that an apartment building that once housed North Korean soldiers, the American CIA, and United Nations troops is set to be demolished? ... that William Aitken, William J. Bain, J. Lister Holmes, John T. Jacobsen, and George W. Stoddard collaborated in the early 1940s to design America's first racially integrated public housing development? ... that residents at Alterlaa, a housing complex in Vienna, have large concrete planters in which plants can be grown? ... that the apartment building the Manhasset caught fire in 1999, just as its renovation was being completed? ... that a former radio host got a free apartment in New York City's King Manor and lived there for more than three decades? Related Portals Selected image - An A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station Aerial view of tract housing developments near Markham, Ontario 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. 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. Renaissance townhouses in Gdańsk, Poland A ranch-style house in Salinas, California, U.S. 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 Mandarin's House in Peking, China with Mr. Yang and family members on the balcony, circa 1860 More Did you know - WikiProjects WikiProject Home Living WikiProject Architecture WikiProject Housing and Tenant Rights General images - The following are images from various housing-related articles on Wikipedia. Mobile home (from List of house types) Post frame Barndominium with standing seam metal roof. Large garage on the front side and living space on the back end. (from List of house types) Multi-storied attached adobe houses at Taos Pueblo (from List of house types) A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia (from List of house types) Split-level house (from List of house types) Southern I-House style home (from List of house types) reconstructed Viking longhouse (from List of house types) Vao tower house in Estonia, built in 15th century (from List of house types) Travel trailer or camper (from List of house types) Brick ranch-style house (from List of house types) A-frame gable-style house, Portugal (from List of house types) 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 family Houses by year of completion Clergy houses Cottage orné Fictional houses Fortified houses Garages (residential) 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 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 Castles Cave dwellings Central-passage houses Cliff dwellings Condominium Cottages Country houses Crescents (architecture) Dogtrot architecture Dower houses Dugouts Duplex buildings Farmhouses Fortified houses Hall houses Reportedly haunted houses Houseboats Houses with moats I-houses Low-energy building Manor houses Mansions Market houses Traditional Native American dwellings Prefabricated houses Public housing Ranch house architecture Recreational vehicles Rumah adat Sod houses Stilt houses Triple-decker apartment houses Villas House styles Select [►] to view subcategories House styles American architectural styles American Craftsman architecture American Foursquare architecture Antebellum architecture Art Nouveau houses Bungalow architecture Carpenter Gothic houses Central-passage houses Chinese architectural styles Dogtrot architecture English-Norman cottages Folk Victorian architecture Greek Revival houses Haitian architectural styles Houses with catslide gables 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 Townhouses Triple-decker apartment houses Tudor Revival architecture Victorian architectural styles Villas Wikimedia The following Wikimedia Foundation sister projects provide more on this subject: Commons Free media repository Wikibooks Free textbooks and manuals Wikidata Free knowledge base Wikinews Free-content news Wikiquote Collection of quotations Wikisource Free-content library Wikiversity Free learning tools Wikivoyage Free travel guide Wiktionary Dictionary and thesaurus 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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