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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...)

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Eviction is the removal of a tenant from rental property by the landlord. In some jurisdictions it may also involve the removal of persons from premises that were foreclosed by a mortgagee (often, the prior owners who defaulted on a mortgage).

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jurisdictions. In present-day practice and procedure, there has come to be a wide variation in the content of these terms from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. (Full article...

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Image 1Cottage flats are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above.
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Seattle, Washington and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest
in the early 1900s.

Image 3A Mandarin's House in
Peking
, China with Mr. Yang and family members on the balcony, circa 1860

Image 4A ranch-style house in Salinas, California, U.S.

Image 5The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station

Image 6
Renaissance townhouses in Gdańsk
, Poland

Image 7An
A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota

Image 8The
Saltbox
-style home
Image 9Eleazer Arnold House, 1691, Lincoln, Rhode Island, an example of a Stone ender style of Rhode Island architecture that developed in the 17th century where one wall in a house is made up of a large stone chimney.
Image 10A wood-frame American Foursquare house in Minnesota with dormer windows on each side and a large front porch
Image 11Aerial view of tract housing developments near Markham, Ontario

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... that the four large housing cooperatives that make up Cooperative Village on the Lower East Side of Manhattan were sponsored and financed by trade unions with ties to the Socialist Party of America?

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The following are images from various housing-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1A-frame gable-style house, Portugal (from List of house types)
Image 2A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia (from List of house types)
Image 3Split-level house (from List of house types)
Image 4Vao tower house in Estonia, built in 15th century (from List of house types)
Image 5Mobile home (from List of house types)
Image 6Travel trailer or camper (from List of house types)
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Post frame Barndominium with standing seam metal roof. Large garage on the front side and living space on the back end. (from List of house types
)

Image 8Southern I-House style home (from List of house types)
Image 9Brick ranch-style house (from List of house types)
Image 10Multi-storied attached adobe houses at Taos Pueblo (from List of house types)
Image 11reconstructed Viking longhouse (from List of house types)