Draft:Outline of housing

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to housing:

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.

Types of housing

Forms of human habitation

List of human habitation forms

• Dwelling – Unit of accommodation
  • Apartment – Self-contained housing unit occupying part of a building
  • House – Building comprising a single dwelling
  • Condominium – Form of ownership of real property
  • Cooperative housing – Type of housing development that emphasizes self-governance and quasi-communal livingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Tiny house – Architectural movement advocating smaller living spacesPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Lodging – Use of a short-term dwelling, usually by renting the living space
• Shelter (building) – Architectural structure providing protectionPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

Housing by availability

• Affordable housing
• Public housing
  • Public housing, by country
    • Public housing in Australia
    • Public housing in Canada
    • Public housing in France
    • Public housing in Hong Kong
    • Public housing in Puerto Rico
    • Public housing in Singapore
    • Public housing in the United Kingdom
    • Public housing in the United States
• Subsidized housing
  • Mixed-income housing

Housing by legality

• Illegal housing

Housing by region

• Housing in Africa
  • Housing in Egypt
  • Housing in Ethiopia
  • Housing in Senegal
• Housing in Asia
  • Housing in Azerbaijan
  • Housing in China
    • Housing in Hong Kong
  • Housing in India
  • Housing in Pakistan
  • Housing in Japan
  • Housing in South Korea
• Housing in Australasia
  • Housing in Australia
    • Housing in Victoria, Australia
  • Housing in New Zealand
• Housing in Europe
  • Housing in Ireland
    • Housing in Glasgow
  • Housing in Portugal
  • Housing in Russia
  • Housing in the United Kingdom
    • Housing in Scotland
• Housing in the Middle East
  • Housing in Israel
• Housing in North America
  • Housing in Barbuda
  • Housing in the United States
    • Housing in Florida
    • Housing in Washington, D.C.
    • Housing in Wisconsin
• Housing in South America
  • Housing in Brazil
    • Housing in Fortaleza, Brazil

History of housing

History of housing

Politics of housing

• Federal Housing Administration
• Housing inequality
  • Housing inequality in Ohio
• Right to housing
• Slum

Homelessness

Homelessness

Housing legislation

• Canada housing legislation
  • National Housing Act (Canada)
• United Kingdom housing legislation
  • Housing Act 1980
  • Housing Act 1985
  • Housing Act 1988
  • Housing Act 1996
  • Housing Act 2004
• United States housing legislation
  • Fair Housing Act – Enacted as Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968
  • Housing Act of 1937
  • Housing Act of 1949
  • Housing Act of 1954
  • Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
  • Housing and Community Development Act of 1987
  • Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008
  • Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965
  • Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968
  • Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970
  • Housing for Older Persons Act – 1995
  • National Housing Act of 1934

Housing programs

• Million Programme – Swedish housing programme
• Section 8 (housing) – Part of the Housing Act of 1937 (US)
• Habitat for Humanity – Nonprofit organization devoted to building affordable housing

Economics of housing

• Housing Affordability Index
• Housing industry – Application of economic techniques to real estate marketsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Informal sector – Economic activity unregulated by governmentPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• Median household income – Macroeconomic indicatorPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• United States housing bubble – Economic bubblePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets

Housing organizations

• Habitat for Humanity – Nonprofit organization devoted to building affordable housing

Housing publications

• Multi-Housing News
• Inside Housing

Journals about housing

• Housing, Theory and Society
• Journal of Housing Economics

Persons influential in housing

Housing advocates

• Catherine Bauer Wurster – American public housing advocate and educator
• Jocelyn Frere Adburgham – British architect and town planner
• Uno Åhrén – Swedish architect and city planner
• Cathy Crowe – Canadian homeless advocate
• Marcel van Dam – Dutch politician
• Willem Drees – Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1958
• Catherine Amelia Ewing – American educator, missionary, philanthropist, activist, social reformer (1822–1897)
• Albion Fellows Bacon – American reformer and writer (1865–1933)
• Ernest Flagg – American architect (1857–1947)
• Enneüs Heerma – Dutch politician (1944–1999)
• Miranda Hill – English social reformer
• Octavia Hill – English social reformer (1838–1912)
• Elijah Hoole (architect) – English architect of Methodist churches, settlement halls and social housing
• Lucy Dorsey Iams – American welfare worker (1855-1924)Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Stanley M. Isaacs – American politician (1882–1962)
• Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh – Irish businessman and philanthropist
• Basil Jellicoe – Church of England priest (1899-1935)
• Eddie Bernice Johnson – American politician (1934–2023)
• Leroy Looper – American activist (1924–2011)
• Peter Marcuse#Views on housing – German-American lawyer and professor (1928–2022)
• Barbara McInnis – American nurse and advocate for homeless people
• Cary Moon – American political activist (born 1963)
• Nikkita Oliver – American civil rights activist, lawyer and educator
• Paul Roldan – American housing reformerPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Seebohm Rowntree – British philanthropist industrialist and sociologist writer
• Michael Shapcott – Canadian academicPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes – American architect (1867–1944)
• Fanny Talbot – English philanthropist (1824–1917)
• Joop den Uyl – Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977
• Joris in 't Veld – Dutch politician (1895–1981)

See also

• Outline of architecture
• Outline of construction
• Urban planning