Contents
Part 1 Housing for You
Chapter 1
Housing and Human
Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
People and Their Housing. . . . . . . . . 24
Meeting Needs Through Housing . . 25
Factors Affecting Housing Choices . 29
Housing Needs Through the
Life Span . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Housing and Quality of Life . . . . . . . 39
Human Ecology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 2
Infl uences on Housing . . .46
Historical Influences on Housing. . . 48 fl
Cultural Infl on Housing . . . . 55 fluences
Societal Infl on Housing. . . . . 57 fluences fl
Environmental Influences on fl
Housing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Economic Infl on Housing. . . 64 fluences
Technological Influences on fl
Housing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Governmental Influences on fl
Housing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Part 2 Making Housing
Choices
Chapter 3
Using Decision-Making
Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Types of Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Resources for Housing Decisions. . . 84
The Decision-Making Process. . . . . . 87
Chapter 4
Choosing a Place
to Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Types of Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Universal Design for Housing . . . . 114
Chapter 5
Acquiring Housing . . . . .126
Acquiring a Place to Live. . . . . . . . . 128
A Place to Rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
A Place to Buy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
The Home-Buying Process . . . . . . . 142
Special Ownership
Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Moving to a New Home. . . . . . . . . . 156
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