Ecology and economy are both derived from the Greek word oikos - a house or dwelling.
In fact, Spurrell's family home has become a potent symbol of Britain's so-called housing scandal: the massive shortfall in social housing, particularly family dwellings.
In fact, other than being able to keep track of the children from just about any point in the house, being able to converse with people in the dining area while cooking, and having to deal with the sometimes tepid response of her square-house-dwelling peers, there appears to be nothing remarkable about a round house, at least not for the adults.
Plans are under way to increase supportive housing — dwellings where mentally ill people can live relatively independently, with support services.
Much of the housing built with government subsidies is allocated to "social housing"—dwellings provided at "cost rent" far below the market rental value to families with many children, people with disabilities, the elderly, and persons with low incomes.
Foley also unveiled a plan for thousands of existing public housing dwellings to be transferred to the not-for-profit community housing sector, saying this was one area where non-government bodies were better placed to succeed.
The soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) is a house-dwelling bat, whose maternity colonies are often affected by exclusion from buildings in southern Europe.
This paper presents three case-studies involving independent testing and performance evaluation undertaken on social housing dwellings within South Wales, UK.
In early 2014 the announced sale of 300 public housing dwellings in Millers Point and the proposed relocation of tenants to other parts of the city sparked a media storm.
This paper presents a multi-method (interviews, cost-benefit analysis, technical monitoring) longitudinal evaluation of ten social housing dwellings in Horsham (Victoria, Australia), including four low-energy and six control houses.
Motherhood made me a messy-house-dwelling, pizza-eating homebody who would trade getting all dolled up and a night out on the town for sweatpants and a movie, holding her baby.
