Housing Needs

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs www.wikimedia.org

NEEDS

• Physical: most basic human needs. MUST be meet before any other need can be met. Shelter, water, food, rest.

• Psychological: needs related to the mind and feelings. – Security: protection from the outside world,

both physical and the unknown– Love/acceptance: having your own space

(bedroom) or be made a part of group

Needs con’t

• Esteem: respect, admiration, and high regard from others.– Self-esteem is awareness and

appreciation of your own self-worth.

Self-actualization: you have developed to your full potential as a person. In you chosen profession, you are the best. Often a life-long process

Other Needs

• Beauty: qualities that give pleasure to the senses. An appreciation of beauty changes as you mature because you are exposed to new things and experiences

• Self-expression: shown by the colors and styles (clothes, furniture, accessories) you choose. Also changes as you mature.

• Creativity: combining 2 or more ideas/things to create something new to express yourself. Painting, landscaping, sewing, cooking, arranging flowers, etc.

• Status: material possessions that are equal to a certain lifestyle. Large home in gated community, job, income, social standing (everyone knows your name and family)

• Privacy: everyone needs some privacy for their own well-being. Need to be alone to process thoughts and to be creative.

Most people in USA value privacy above most other needs and wants. Usually decorate homes to show individualism.

Family Types

• Nuclear: includes BOTH parents and their children living under one roof. Children are born or adopted

• Single parent: consist of one parent and at least one child.

• Step/blended family: consist of parents, one or both that may have been married before and includes children from a previous marriage

• Extended:

• 1. Several generation of a family living together (children, parents, grandparents)

• 2. Members of the same generation (brothers, sisters, cousins) all living in same household

• Childless: husband and wife who have never had children by choice or inability

Family Life Cycle

• Beginning: married with no children• Childbearing: couple with children up to 6 years

old• Parenting/expanding: couple with children 6-20

years. Could move in order to be in certain school district, children are becoming older

• Launching: children are becoming adults and leaving home for college, taking a job, getting married

• Midyears: time between when children leave home and parents retire

• Aging: begins with retirement. At some point, a spouse may live alone due to death

• At any given time, many families will overlap one or more stages

Individual Life Cycles

• Infancy: Newborn to one year old. Totally dependent on caregiver

• Childhood: ages 1-12, still dependent on caregiver

• Youth: Preteen to Late teen, becoming more independent but still living in family home

• Adulthood/Aging: 20-death: totally independent. Baby-boomers: people born 20 yr period after WWII, forms the largest group of Americans today

Quality of Life

• Defined as the degree of satisfaction obtained from life.

• Personal: your idea of a perfect life. To some this is a very simple life with few conveniences, to others a large home and status in community and every possible convenience

Society: making life and its quality better for everyone. Using your time, money, and energy to maintain and support efforts. Changes in society have been due to:

• Longer life spans• Changes in economic conditions and working at

home• Changes in family structures and roles, fashions

and personal tastes• Increasing environmental awareness

Resources

• Housing Decisions pages 20-39

• www.wikimedia.org

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