Exploring Factors Influencing Housing Choices
This content delves into the various aspects to consider when making housing choices, such as personal priorities, spatial needs, and affordability. It emphasizes understanding the different forms of housing available and how they cater to individuals' requirements and preferences.
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Introduction to Housing Choices How many of you have thought about your future home?
Housing Choices Objective: The students will analyze factors that affect housing choices. The students will recognize forms of housing and how they meet people s needs. Vocabulary: Personal Priorities Multifamily Houses Single Family Detached Condo CO OP Townhome Mobile http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N3Fg_siwG-U/UI9lqDfyDHI/AAAAAAAAURY/HLAkro1KU50/s1600/two-floor-house.jpg
Housing Choices When beginning to choose a home, it is important to decide on what form of housing best meets your needs. Let s review the difference between the following to terms: Psychological Needs Physiological Needs http://freshome.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/toilet-house.jpg
Factors Affecting Housing Choices A few key things to consider about your lifestyle: What are your personal priorities? Do you have a family or want a family? Can I afford this? http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/fdscn3455-640x518.jpg
Factors Affecting Housing Choices Personal priorities are strong beliefs or ideas about what is important. These can be views, events, people, places, objects you prize highly. Personal priorities are things you choose and take action upon. Personal priorities gives meaning to our lives. What is a personal priority to you?
Factors Affecting Housing Choices People have spatial needs. While too much space can make people feel lonely, others try to avoid feeling crowded with lack of space. The way space is used, also influences the amount needed. In places where space cannot be added or removed, the right furnishings and decoration tricks can help.
Factors Affecting Housing Choices Let s check out space saving decorating ideas for an extremely tiny apartment http://www.rentcafe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/SmallStudioApartmentDesign.jpg
Factors Affecting Housing Choices For most people, the cost of housing is the most important factor in making a housing decision. Whether people rent or buy housing, it cost MONEY. Additional expenses include furnishings, equipment, bills, repair, and maintenance. What you can afford will influence your housing choice.
Thinking Interiorly When deciding on a place to live (buying or renting), what should be the most influential factor in your decision making process? Money? Space? Location? http://suebrayne.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/house-cartoon.jpg
Housing Choices Types of homes: Multifamily Houses Single Family Detached Condominium CO OP Townhouse Mobile http://media.merchantcircle.com/23555256/Dino-houses%20002_full.jpeg
Housing Choices Multifamily House A multifamily house is a structure that provides housing for more than one household. Each household within the dwelling has its own distinct living quarters. Today, lifestyles are changing, and the demand for multifamily housing is increasing. Examples of multifamily housing: Rentals Cooperative Units Condo Units
Housing Choices Single - Family Detached This is a traditional house. It stands alone on its own lot with its own back, front, and side yards and usually has a garage or carport. http://www.valleywide-llc.com/images/single-family-detached-home.jpg
Housing Choices Condominium This is a type of home that everything outside of the home is held in common with other owners. The home has its own separate title to the inside of the unit and title-in-common with the other condo owners to the exterior walls, roofs, walkways, yards, and so on. This type of housing typically has additional costs call HOA fees. http://www.keyinspectionservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/condo.jpg
Housing Choices CO OP - Cooperative Units This house means that instead of owning the title to your unit, you own stock in a cooperative that owns the entire property. The cooperative allows you to live in one unit because you are a shareholder. https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQntrEJZvBmXKgMeiNPsSdrHBkxjW0rcy8LbLkO-XyFgjD8zrHNWJ2vw90Y
Housing Choices Townhouse: Generally bigger than a condo unit and typically has no unit beneath or above. The most common type of town house is known as Planned Unit Development (PUD). This type of housing may also have HOA fees. http://www.stepbystep.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Difference-Between-Unit-and-Townhouse-2.jpg
Housing Choices Mobile: This type of home is put together in a factory and requires special equipment to move from one area to another.
http://www.falconcontainers.com/Portals/57117/images/rent-buy-cube.jpghttp://www.falconcontainers.com/Portals/57117/images/rent-buy-cube.jpg Housing Choices Let s Wrap Today Up Think about this question Let s say you just graduated college, would you rent or buy a home? Identify your college degree/newly job. Identify which type of home you would rent or buy. Identify why you choose your response.
House Hunt Directions: You will be placed into 6 teams. As a team your goal is to select a house based on ALL your teammates needs. The price limit for the home is $250,000.00 and must be located within Schuylkill county. As a team, you will use the classroom technology to identify the home s style, the home s location, and generate a list of your needs vs. your wants. Be prepared to share!
