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

Housing – social problem 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.

What type of thing is housing?

Housing can be described as all of the following:

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
• Lodging – Use of a short-term dwelling, usually by renting the living space
• Shelter (building) – Basic architectural structure providing protection

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

Housing by legality

• Illegal housing

Housing by region

• Housing in China
  • Housing in Hong Kong
• Housing in Europe
• Housing in Fortaleza, Brazil
• Housing in Glasgow
• Housing in India
• Housing in Israel
• Housing in Japan
• Housing in Pakistan
• Housing in Portugal
• Housing in Senegal
• Housing in Victoria, Australia
• Housing in the United Kingdom
  • Housing in Scotland

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
• Section 8 (housing)

Economics of housing

• Housing Affordability Index
• Housing industry
• Informal sector
• Median household income
• United States housing bubble

Housing organizations

• Habitat for Humanity

Housing publications

Journals about housing

• Housing, Theory and Society

Persons influential in housing

• Catherine Bauer Wurster

See also

• Outline of architecture
• Outline of construction

References

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