OBJECTIVE 1.02:

SUMMARIZE FACTORS TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING A PLACE TO LIVE

CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON HOUSING Culture is the combination of all customs, beliefs,

and traits of a group of people. Culture in turn influences housing.

Wampanoag’s wetu Home of Plymouth settler

DUTCH COLONIAL

FRENCH PROVINCIAL

WHY DO WE PUT SHUTTERS ON HOUSES?

SOCIETAL INFLUENCES ON HOUSING Household size

– families are smaller

More blended and extended families

Population is aging – more senior adults.

Cost of housing has risen faster than incomes. Often requires dual-incomes to afford a home

More time working means less leisure time for families

More people are telecommuting

Society is more mobile.

ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON HOUSINGEnvironment includes conditions, places,

objects and people around you. People adapt housing to their

environments and also manipulate the environment to their housing

Housing deals with 3 types of environments.NaturalConstructedBehavioral

Natural environment: includes land, water, trees, and climate.

Constructed environment includes the natural environment after it has been changed by humans (building a structure that has heating, cooling, landscaping, etc).

FALLINGWATERDESIGNED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Fallingwater is located in southwest Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands 90 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh

The main house 5,330 square feet (2885 sq. ft. interior;  2445 sq. ft. terraces) constructed 1936-38, followed by the guest house construction in 1939 (1,700 square feet)

Final cost:  $155,000 (Included $8,000 architect’s fees, and $4,500 for installed walnut furnishings) is the equivalent of approximately $2.4 million in 2009

Restoration in 2002 was reported at $11.4 million.

Behavioral environment is an area created for human interaction (schools, churches, malls, stores).

ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON HOUSING

Whether or not a family can purchase a home or the type of home purchased depends upon: Unemployment Interest rates for homes Inflation The cost of living.

TECHNOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON HOUSING

Technology continues to invent new and better ways of meeting human needsMedia rooms/home theatersCan select a home through a virtual

tourCan order groceries through a

computer on your refrigeratorDesign a home using CADD

(computer aided drafting and design).

GOVERNMENTAL INFLUENCE ON HOUSING Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Provides decent, sanitary housing for low

income families.

HUD US Department of Housing and Urban

Development Mission is to promote a decent, safe, and sanitary

living environment for all Americans.

EPA Environmental Protection Agency Safeguards the natural environment.

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Commission Makes sure all products in a home are safe.

BUILDING CODES Minimum standards for materials and

construction methods

ZONING REGULATIONS Controls land use Specifies the type of buildings and activities

that are permitted in a certain area.

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ADAAmericans with Disabilities ActRequires that all people must be

considered equally in the design or redesign of public structures.