A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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This paper offers background data on the numbers and kinds of people who live in hotels, shared homes, mobile homes, and one - room apartments and houses, and other atypical types of housing, based on National Housing Surveys. The number of people in hotels and rooming houses declined in the United States from 1974 to 1981. There were increases in one - room apartments and houses, group homes, roommates, and mobile homes. Lodgers remained fairly steady. Overall, the 1981 Housing Survey counted 227,747,000 people living in atypical housing. On the average, the oldest people are found in hotels and rooming houses, the youngest in group homes and among roommates. All but mobile homes had lower proportions of married persons and owners than the country as a whole, and all atypical living situations had higher proportions of men. The lowest monthly housing costs are in tents, boats, etc., at $48 for 3.2 rooms. Next lowest are rooming houses at $138 for 1.4 rooms, transient hotel rooms at $180, and mobile homes at $193 for 4.6 rooms. All these groups have lower household incomes than people in the country as a whole. The highest incomes are in mobile homes and hotel suites, with medians of $14,000 compared to $20,000 for the entire country, and the lowest incomes are in hotel rooms with $5,000 to $7,000. Housing quality in these units varies, but often is low. Rooms in hotels and rooming houses frequently do not have their own kitchen and plumbing facilities. Tables are included.
This paper offers background data on the numbers and kinds of people who live in hotels, shared homes, mobile homes, and one - room apartments and houses, and other atypical types of housing, based on National Housing Surveys. The number of people in hotels and rooming houses declined in the United States from 1974 to 1981. There were increases in one - room apartments and houses, group homes, roommates, and mobile homes. Lodgers remained fairly steady. Overall, the 1981 Housing Survey counted 227,747,000 people living in atypical housing. On the average, the oldest people are found in hotels and rooming houses, the youngest in group homes and among roommates. All but mobile homes had lower proportions of married persons and owners than the country as a whole, and all atypical living situations had higher proportions of men. The lowest monthly housing costs are in tents, boats, etc., at $48 for 3.2 rooms. Next lowest are rooming houses at $138 for 1.4 rooms, transient hotel rooms at $180, and mobile homes at $193 for 4.6 rooms. All these groups have lower household incomes than people in the country as a whole. The highest incomes are in mobile homes and hotel suites, with medians of $14,000 compared to $20,000 for the entire country, and the lowest incomes are in hotel rooms with $5,000 to $7,000. Housing quality in these units varies, but often is low. Rooms in hotels and rooming houses frequently do not have their own kitchen and plumbing facilities. Tables are included.
Atypical Housing: U.S. and Selected Metropolitan Areas, 1974-1981
P. Burke (author)
1984
139 pages
Report
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English