By: Steve & Russell. Is a specific part of the world, country or state in which you live...

By: Steve & Russell

• Is a specific part of the world, country or state in which you live

• Community may be a large city, small village or rural area

• If your living close to other people then you’re a contact person; like the urban lifestyle

• If your not living in a populated are with less people would be considered a noncontact person; like in a more secluded community

• It consists of a group of houses and people

• Are usually similar in age, design & cost

• Physical Neighborhood• Is determined by the way the land

and building are used• Zoning Regulations and Other

Restrictions• Control land use in certain areas• Housing developers subdivide land

and make improvements such as streets & street lighting before building structures

• Planned neighborhood- usually in a zoned area with restrictions; size & layout of individual lots are determined before being built

• How much people are living in an area, if it’s low or high in density

• Site- is a piece of land on which the dwelling is built

• Natural Restraints• Topography- is the configuration

of a surface including its natural & manufactured features showing their relative positions & elevations

• Landscaping- is altering the topography & adding decorative plantings to change the appearance of a site

• Orientation- is a placing a structure on a site in consideration of the location of the sun, prevailing winds, water source & scenic view

• Legal Restraints• Minimum property

standards (MPS)- standards set by the FHA that regulate the size of lots

• Zones Within the Site• Public zone- is part of the

site that can be seen from the street or road

• Service zone- part of the site that is used for necessary activities; like sidewalks, driveways & storage areas

• Private zone- part of the site hidden from public view

• House- is any building that serves as living quarters for one or more families

• Home- is any place a person lives

• Multifamily Houses• It’s a structure that

provides housing for more than one household

• Rentals• Cooperative Units• Condominium Units• Single-Family Houses• Attached Houses• Freestanding Houses

• Contractor- is a person who contracts or agrees, to supply certain materials or do certain work for a specific fee

• Owner-built housing- is for people with lots of spare time, energy & building skills

• Factory-built housing- is housing constructed in a plant & moved to a site

• Considerations for Senior Citizens• Universal design- is the concept of making houses

easier for easier for everyone to use• Assisted-living facility- serves those who need daily

living assistance but not constant care• Graduated-care facilities- in which the residents move

from individual apartments to a nursing home unit as needed

• Reverse mortgage- enables older people to convert the money tied up in their houses into income

• Fair Housing Act- gives people with disabilities greater freedom to choose a place to live that meets their needs

• Use a moving-expense checklist• Moving Yourself• Hiring a Moving Company• Can use a Household Check-Off list• Bill of lading- is a receipt listing the goods shipped

• On poster board, compare housing in kansas to the East coast, West coast, Midwest & the South

• Research housing cost, types of housing there are is it more likely to rent or buy?