Factors that affect Housing & selecting housing types

Factors Affecting Housing Decisions SPACE: influenced by personal wants, hobbies, activities, and how the space is used. PRIVACY: live alone, or set apart from other dwellings, private rooms or private place. FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS: design for group living. COSTS: rent, buy, furnishings, repair, maintenance. ROLES: patterns of behavior that people display in their homes, the workplace, and their communities.

Think Pair Share Stand up!! Turn to another classmate and compare your lists from warm up. Do you have differences in your families roles? Discuss how this would change the housing you may choose. Do your roles change with age?

HOUSEHOLDS basic types: Nuclear family: Parents, Child(ren) Single-parent family: Mom OR Dad, child(ren) Blended family: step-parent, mom or dad and child(ren) Guardian: legally responsible for child(ren) Extended Family: More than parents & children may include: grandparent(s], aunt/uncle, cousins Childless: no children

Life Cycles A series of stages though which an individual or family passes during its lifetime. Individual Life Cycle Family Life Cycle

Individual Life Cycle Infancy stage: up to 1 year Childhood stage: Early childhood: 2-7 Middle childhood: 8-12 Late childhood: 13- adulthood (depends on country and what they consider adult age) Youth Stage/late childhood Adolescence: 11-12 Teen years: 13-19 Adulthood Stage: 20+

Family Life Cycle: Six stages of family development that provide a pattern that most families follow. Families spend different amounts of time in the same stage. Families can be in two stages at once.

Family Life Cycle Beginning Stage: the early period of marriage when the couple is without children. The husband and wife make adjustments to married life and to each other. Expanding Stage: this is the time when the family is growing. It includes childbearing periods. Developing Stage: this occurs when the children are in school. Parents work to meet children’s changing needs.

Family Life Cycle-continued Launching Stage: when the children become adults and leave their parents’ house. They may leave to go to college, take a job, or get married. Empty Nest Stage: the time between when the children leave home and the parents retire. Retirement Stage: couple stops full-time work and adjusts to having more time.