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Housing is a shelter used as a dwelling or living space by individuals, families, or a collective. It provides a space for preparing food, storing belongings, caring for children and the elderly, and maintaining privacy. Housing also refers to the act of providing shelter or protective cover.

Housing was a central concern of social reform movements in the 19th century when it was understood as a fundamental human need, distinct from spaces designated for work, healthcare, and education. In 1948, housing was recognized as a human right in Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, establishing housing as a necessary condition for an adequate standard of living. By the end of the 20th century, housing was increasingly understood as a space used for personal maintenance, rest, and leisure. (Full article...)

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The 2000s United States housing bubble or house price boom or 2000s housing cycle was a sharp run up and subsequent collapse of house asset prices affecting over half of the U.S. states. In many regions, a real estate bubble was the impetus for the subprime mortgage crisis. Housing prices, which peaked in early 2006, started to decline in 2006 and 2007, and reached new lows in 2011. On December 30, 2008, the Case–Shiller home price index reported the largest price drop in its history. The credit crisis resulting from the bursting of the housing bubble is an important cause of the Great Recession in the United States.

Increased foreclosure rates in 2006–2007 among U.S. homeowners led to a crisis in August 2008 for the subprime, Alt-A, collateralized debt obligation (CDO), mortgage, credit, hedge fund, and foreign bank markets. In October 2007, Henry Paulson, the U.S. secretary of the treasury, called the bursting housing bubble "the most significant risk to our economy". (Full article...)

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... that the Bluey special "The Sign" reminded a Sydney Morning Herald reporter of Australia's housing crisis?
... that while the objects on the Farnese Artemis had initially been identified as female breasts, the museum housing the statue now describes them as bull scrotums?
... that New York City's Hotel Marseilles, once a shelter for Holocaust survivors, later became affordable housing for the elderly?
... that in the Zootopia abortion comic, Nick and Judy's apartment is modeled after one in Seinfeld?
... that the backyard, piazza, and balcony of the Samuel Tredwell Skidmore House are all part of different apartments?
... that the Bunka Apartments were intended to introduce the US middle-class lifestyle to Japan, but were so expensive that an average salaryman would have spent his entire monthly wage on rent alone?
... that William Aitken, William J. Bain, J. Lister Holmes, John T. Jacobsen, and George W. Stoddard collaborated in the early 1940s to design America's first racially integrated public housing development?
... that the dome of the Regent Theatre in Christchurch contained an apartment?

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Image 1Seattle box is a regional style of residential architecture that was popular in Seattle, Washington and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900s.
Image 2A wood-frame American Foursquare house in Minnesota with dormer windows on each side and a large front porch
Image 3Renaissance townhouses in Gdańsk, Poland
Image 4Cottage flats are a style of housing common in Scotland, where there are single floor dwellings at ground level, and similar dwellings on the floor above.
Image 5The Josiah Day House in West Springfield, Massachusetts is an example of a Saltbox-style home
Image 6A ranch-style house in Salinas, California, U.S.
Image 7An A-Frame house in Duluth, Minnesota
Image 8A Mandarin's House in Peking, China with Mr. Yang and family members on the balcony, circa 1860
Image 9Aerial view of tract housing developments near Markham, Ontario
Image 10The Cube houses in Rotterdam, viewed from Blaak metro station
Image 11Eleazer Arnold House, 1691, Lincoln, Rhode Island, an example of a Stone ender style of Rhode Island architecture that developed in the 17th century where one wall in a house is made up of a large stone chimney.

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... that the now demolished Ida B. Wells Homes in Chicago were the location of both LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman's Peabody Award-winning radio documentary and Frederick Wiseman's Public Housing?

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The following are images from various housing-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1reconstructed Viking longhouse (from List of house types)
Image 2Multi-storied attached adobe houses at Taos Pueblo (from List of house types)
Image 3Post frame Barndominium with standing seam metal roof. Large garage on the front side and living space on the back end. (from List of house types)
Image 4Southern I-House style home (from List of house types)
Image 5A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia (from List of house types)
Image 6Vao tower house in Estonia, built in 15th century (from List of house types)
Image 7A-frame gable-style house, Portugal (from List of house types)
Image 8Brick ranch-style house (from List of house types)
Image 9Mobile home (from List of house types)
Image 10Split-level house (from List of house types)
Image 11Travel trailer or camper (from List of house types)

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