| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Embedded housing unit | Census | An EHU is a housing unit within a group quarters where the occupants live separately from others living in the group quarters. An example of an EHU is a house parent's room in a dormitory. Embedded means located within the building and not free-standing. (references) | |
| Freestanding housing unit | Census | One of two kinds of housing units found at a special place. An FSHU is a living quarters that is physically separate from the group quarters at a special place. An example of an FSHU is the president's house at a college. See embedded housing unit. (references) | |
| Housing unit | Energy | 1: A structure or part of a structure where a household lives. It has direct access from the outside of the building, either directly or through a common hall. Housing units do not include group quarters such as prisons or nursing homes where 10 or more unrelated persons live. Hotel and motel rooms are considered housing units if occupied as the usual or permanent place of residence. (references) | |
| 2: A house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room if it is either occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family, an individual, or a group of one to nine unrelated persons. Separate living quarters means the occupants (1) live and eat separately from other persons in the house or apartment and (2) have direct access from the outside of the buildings or through a common hall--that is, they can get to it without going through someone else’s living quarters. Housing units do not include group quarters such as prisons or nursing homes where ten or more unrelated persons live. A common dining area used by residents is an indication of group quarters. Hotel and motel rooms are considered housing units if occupied as the usual or permanent place of residence. (references) | |||
| 3: A house, apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants do not live and eat with any other persons in the structure and which have either 1) direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hallway intended to be used by the occupants of another unit or by the general public, or 2) complete kitchen facilities for the exclusive use of the occupants. The occupants may be a single family, one person living alone, two or more families living together, or any other group of related or unrelated persons who share living arrangements. (references) | |||
| Housing unit (HU) | Business | A single-family house, townhouse, mobile home or trailer, apartment, group of rooms, or single room that is occupied as a separate living quarters or, if vacant, is intended for occupancy as a separate living quarters. See separate living quarters. (references) | |
| Housing Unit Followup | Census | An Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation operation. After the Housing Unit Matching, the addresses that remain unmatched and require additional information are sent to Housing Unit Followup for interviewing. The followup interviews attempt to gather more information about unmatched housing units in order to resolve differences between the A.C.E. listing and the census listing. The next operation is Housing Unit After Followup Matching. (references) | |
| Housing Unit Record Sheet | Energy | A form (pink sheet) completed by interviewers for each housing unit assigned for contact. The type of housing unit is recorded, as well as information about each visit. (references) | |
| Occupied housing unit | Business | A housing unit that is the usual place of residence of the person or people living in it at the time of enumeration, even if the occupants are only temporarily absent; for example, away on vacation. Occupied rooms or suites of rooms in hotels, motels, and similar places are classified as housing units only when occupied by permanent residents; that is, individuals for whom the facility is their usual place of residence. (references) | |
| Occupied housing unit | Census | A housing unit is classified as occupied if it is the usual place of residence of the person or group of people living in it at the time of enumeration. Related terms: Housing unit, Vacancy status. (references) | |
| Occupied Housing Unit | Energy | 1: A unit in which someone was living as his or her usual or permanent place of residence at the time of the interviewer's first visit to the unit. (See Housing Unit.). (references) | |
| 2: A unit someone was living in as his or her usual or permanent place of residence when the first field contact was made. See Housing Unit. (references) | |||
| Owner-occupied housing unit | Census | A housing unit is owner occupied if the owner or co-owner lives in the unit even if it is mortgaged or not fully paid for. Related term: Housing unit, Renter-occupied housing unit. (references) | |
| Renter-occupied housing unit | Census | All occupied units which are not owner occupied, whether they are rented for cash rent or occupied without payment of cash rent, are classified as renter-occupied. Related term: Owner-occupied housing unit. (references) | |
| Seasonal/recreational-occasional use housing unit | Business | A housing unit held for occupancy only during limited portions of the year, such as a beach cottage, ski cabin, or time-share condominium. (references) | |
| Single-family housing unit | Energy | See housing structure/housing unit, specifically under Residential Sector heading. (references) | |
| Vacant housing unit | Business | A housing unit in which no one is living on Census Day, unless its occupants are only temporarily absent. Units temporarily occupied at the time of enumeration by individuals who have a usual home elsewhere are classified as vacant. (Transient quarters, such as hotels, are housing units only if occupied. Thus, there are no vacant housing units at hotels and the like.) New units not yet occupied are classified as vacant housing units if construction has reached a point where all exterior windows and doors are installed and final usable floors are in place. Vacant units are excluded from the housing unit inventory if they are open to the elements, have a posted "condemned" sign, or are used entirely for nonresidential purposes (except storage of household furniture). (references) | |
| Vacant Housing Unit | Energy | A housing unit not occupied when the first RECS field contact was made. An occupied seasonal or migratory housing unit is classified as vacant at the time of the first contact if all of its occupants had a usual place of residence elsewhere. (references) | |
| Vacant housing unit | Statistics | Any housing unit that is not occupied. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: HOUSING UNIT | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Containerized housing unit | 3 | Containerized housing unit | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
