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Common types of secondary dwelling units

Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing is a basic human need, and it plays a critical role in shaping the quality of life for individuals, families, and communities. (Full article...)

Reiterhaus in Neusalza-Spremberg
The Upper Lusatian house (Czech: Podstávkový dům) or Umgebindehaus is a special type of house that combines log house, timber-framing and building stone methods of construction. It is especially common in the region running from Silesia through Upper Lusatia and North Bohemia and into Saxon Switzerland, as well as East Thuringia. (Full article...)
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  • ... that residents at Alterlaa, a housing complex in Vienna, have large concrete planters in which plants can be grown?
  • ... that the Sofia, a condominium building in New York City, was originally a parking garage?
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  • ... that the Twin Parks housing project in New York City, the site of a January 2022 fire that killed seventeen people, won architectural awards after it was constructed in the early 1970s?
  • ... that when UCLA was founded in 1919, the university's students provided numerous services, including athletics, housing, and parking?
  • ... that supply-side progressivism is a response to rising costs of housing, healthcare, and other essential goods in the United States?

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... that the Housing Act of 1937 sometimes called the Wagner-Steagall Act, provided for subsidies to be paid from the U.S. government to local public housing agencies (LHA's) to improve living conditions for low-income families?
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