1. Multifamily and Single-family Homes
Types of Housing
Multifamily and Single-family Homes

2. Types of Housing
Multifamily house is a structure that provides housing for more than one household.

3. Apartments
Penthouse- suites located at the top of apartment buildings.

4. Apartments
Garden- one-story units with landscaped grounds.

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Townhouse
One of a row of houses connected with common side walls.

9. Single-family
Designed to house one family.

10. Attached House
Designed for one household but share a common wall with the houses on each side. Example. Townhouses and row houses.

11. Freestanding
Houses stand alone, not connected to another unit.

12. Freestanding
Custom built- by an architect and a contractor. Dream House. Expensive and takes a long time to plan and build.

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

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

15. Freestanding Factory-built
Modular- factory-built in a coordinated series of modules. Wall, floor, ceiling, and roof panels combined in boxes.

16. Freestanding
Manufactured/mobile- completely built in a factory.

17. Freestanding
Site-built- built on a lot, piece by piece on a foundation.

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