ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses housing typologies, expanding readers’ understandings beyond realtors’ housing classifications that emphasize the design characteristics of single-family homes such as “colonial homes” or “ranch homes”, or simply defer to a rudimentary binary classification that distinguishes between owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing. In this chapter, we explore the architectural distinctions that become significant in the production and management of housing. We discuss a range of housing typologies by function, including single-family housing, multi-family housing, and institutional living quarters. From a planning perspective, this chapter introduces a discussion of housing types into categories based on the density of the housing. This chapter also discusses newer physical planning and policy innovations in the housing sector, such as the use of manufactured homes, conversions of homes, and the Rental Assistance Demonstration program. Finally, this chapter concludes with a discussion about geographical data and the use of geospatial indicators to understand land use planning implications associated with housing.
