Housing unit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000909",
  "term": "Housing unit",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definitions": [
    "A house, an apartment, a mobile home or trailer, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied as separate living quarters, or if vacant, intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building and which have direct access from outside the building or through a common hall. For vacant units, the criteria of separateness and direct access are applied to the intended occupants whenever possible.",
    "(Construction) A housing unit, as defined for purposes of these data, is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. Separate living quarters are those in which the occupants live separately from any other individuals in the building and which have a direct access from the outside of the building or through a common hall.\n\nIn accordance with this definition, each apartment unit in an apartment building counts as one housing unit. Housing units, as distinguished from \"HUD-code\" manufactured (mobile) homes, include conventional \"site-built\" units, prefabricated, panelized, sectional, and modular units.\n\nHousing unit statistics also exclude group quarters (such as dormitories and rooming houses), transient accommodations (such as transient hotels, motels, and tourist courts), moved or relocated buildings, and housing units created in an existing residential or nonresidential structure.\n\nUnits in assisted living facilities are considered to be housing units, however, units in nursing homes are not considered to be housing units."
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Household",
    "Occupied housing unit",
    "Vacant housing unit"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/housing-unit/"
}