Housing and Interiors Where you Live

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Housing and InteriorsWhere you Live

• Chapter 38
• The basic needs that housing fulfills
• Factors that influence housing choices
• Kinds of housing advantages and disadvantages
• Pros and Cons on Renting and Owning

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Terms

• Condominiums
• Cooperative
• Duplex
• Landlords
• Lease

• Mortgage
• Multiplex
• Single-family housing
• Townhomes
• Utilities
• apartment

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Imagine.

• Why do children like to draw homes?
• How is the home you would draw today different
  from the home you drew as a child?
• What will your future home be like?

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Housing Fulfills Human Needs

• Physical Needs air, sunlight, sleep, food, and
  anything the body _________ to survive
• Emotional Needs relax, pursue personal ________
  in privacy and comfort, decorate to reflect
  personal _________
• Social Needs love and belonging, a gathering
  place for friends and family to live, work, play,
  and _____________

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Influences on Housing Decisions

• Wants, Needs, and Priorities
• Family Size
• Family Life Cycle/ Changes
• Special Needs (See Page 598- 599)
• Activity Complete the Take Action starting
  today!
• Location Why is this important?? Think of a
  scenario in which location would be detrimental
  in housing.
• Environmental Concerns
• Technology
• Lifestyle What is your lifestyle? How does
  housing influence your lifestyle??
• Family resources
• Utilities

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Family Life Cycle

• Beginning newlyweds
• Expanding having babies, expanding the family
• Developing raising children- children are in
  school
• Launching from when the first child leaves the
  home for independence or college until the last
  child leaves
• Aging retired, empty nesters

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Types of Housing

• Describe the following
• Single Family
• Multiple Family
• Duplex
• Multiplex
• Townhomes
• Apartment

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Housing Trends

• Culture
• Demographics
• Economics
• Society

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Ways to Obtain Housing

• Renting
• Landlords
• Convenience
• Flexibility
• Financial Advantages
• Owning
• Mortgage
• Condominiums
• Cooperative
• Sharing

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Choosing a Place to Live

• Assignment Select a stage of the Family Life
  Cycle. Find a home that will suit all your wants
  and needs as well as stay within a reasonable
  budget. This can be a house, an apartment,
  condo, townhouse, duplex, or multiplex. List
  whether it is single family home or a multi
  family home.
• Make sure you
• Describe and include a photo of the home
• Describe how you located it
• What is the location
• How does it fit your Needs, Wants, and Priorities
• How much does it cost
• What are the additional costs associated with the
  home
• Utilities, HOA, Insurance, Property Tax