Types of Housing

Multifamily and Single-family Homes

Types of Housing

• Multifamily house is a structure that provides housing for more than one household.

Apartments• Penthouse- suites located at the top of

apartment buildings.

Apartments

• Garden- one-story units with landscaped grounds.

Apartments

• Efficiency- one main room, a small kitchen area, and a bathroom.

Cooperative• A type of ownership in which people buy shares

of stock in a nonprofit housing corporation.– “buy” their apartment by purchasing shares in the

corporation. You want a bigger apartment then buy more stock.

Condominium

• A type of ownership where the buyer owns individual living space and also has an undivided interest in the common areas

and facilities of the multiunit project.

Townhouse• One of a row of houses connected with

common side walls.

Single-family

• Designed to house one family.

Attached House• Designed for one household but share a

common wall with the houses on each side. Example. Townhouses and row houses.

Freestanding

• Houses stand alone, not connected to another unit.

Freestanding• Custom built- by an architect and a contractor.

Dream House. Expensive and takes a long time to plan and build.

Freestanding

• Owner-built- People with lots of spare time, energy, and building skills.

Freestanding

• Factory-built- constructed in a plant and moved to a site.

Freestanding

• Factory-built– Modular- factory-built in a coordinated series of

modules. Wall, floor, ceiling, and roof panels combined in boxes.

Freestanding

• Manufactured/mobile- completely built in a factory.

Freestanding

• Site-built- built on a lot, piece by piece on a foundation.

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