home

 

  • [8] The perception of one’s home can extend beyond the residence itself, to their neighbourhood, family, workplace or nation and one may feel as though they have multiple
    homes; to have felt at home beyond residence can be a significant element in one’s appraisal of their life, a time in which notions of home, it has been observed, are more profound.

  • [11] Those without significant time spent of their life in a residence often struggle to consider home as a feature of residences.

  • [13] Differing cultures may perceive the concept of a home differently, ascribing less value to the privacy of a residence or the residence itself – although housing issues
    have been seen as of great concern to immigrants.

  • [8][19][20] The space of a home need not be significant or fixed though the boundaries of home are often tied to the space.

  • [24] Home and house are often used interchangeably, although their connotations may differ: house being “emotionally neutral” and home evoking “personal, cognitive aspects”.

  • [41] The dichotomy between home and homelessness is to the extent that the concept of home, scholars have said, is dependent on homelessness: “in a sense, without homelessness,
    we would not be concerned with what home means”.

  • [41] A video showing a child in Port Harcourt, Nigeria aspiring for a future home Since it can be said that humans are generally creatures of habit, the state of a person’s
    home has been known to physiologically influence their behavior, emotions, and overall mental health.

  • [19][20] There have been multiple theories regarding one’s choice of home with the residential conditions of their childhood often reflected in their later choice of home.

  • [18] Commonly, it is associated with various forms of abodes such as wagons, cars, boats or tents although it is equally considered to extend beyond the space, in mind and
    emotion.

  • [14] Common types The concept of home is one with multiple interpretations, influenced by one’s history and identity.

  • [11][b] The home can render to men and women in significant differences: men conditioned to experience great control and little labour and vice versa for women; homelessness
    too can be subject to differences per gender.

  • They are a distinctive form of home ownership that have many characteristics that differ from other residential arrangements such as single family home ownership, condominiums
    and renting.

  • Used as permanent homes, or for holiday or temporary accommodation, they are often left permanently or semi-permanently in one place, but can be moved, and may be required
    to move from time to time for legal reasons.

  • [15] The concept of a smart home arose in the 19th century in turn with electricity having been introduced to homes in a limited capacity.

  • The basic forms of tenure can be subdivided, for example an owner-occupier may own a house outright, or it may be mortgaged.

  • [13] A result of the longstanding association between home and women, 18th century English women, of upper-class status, were scorned for pursuing activities outside of the
    home, thus seen to be of undesirable character.

  • [47] There exist many connotations regarding the concept of a home, including of security, identity, ritual and socialisation, varied definitions and residents may associate
    their home with meanings, emotions, experiences and relationships.

  • “[43] A person’s conception of home can be dependent on congealing conditions, such as culture, geography or emotion; the sense of being at home may be contingent upon the
    presence of multiple emotions, such as joy, sorrow, nostalgia and pride.

  • [8] It is the sociality and action of homes which some scholars have said conditions a house in to a home, which is, according to Gram-Hanssen, “a phenomenon made by its residents”.

  • [edit] Housekeeping is the management and routine support activities of running and maintaining an organized physical institution occupied or used by people, like a house,
    ship, hospital or factory, such as cleaning, tidying/organizing, cooking, shopping, and bill payment.

  • [vague] Homes provide sheltered spaces, for instance rooms, where domestic activity can be performed such as sleeping, preparing food, eating and hygiene as well as providing
    spaces for work and leisure such as remote working, studying and playing.

  • [50] Dysfunctional sociality may negate the sense of a residence being a home whereas the physical contents may endow the sense; alienated from home one may feel “metaphorically
    homeless”.

  • A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more human occupants, and sometimes various companion animals.

  • Homelessness Main article: Homelessness Homeless people in San’ya district, Tokyo, Japan The state of being without a home can occur in many ways,[41] ranging from the upheavals
    of natural disasters,[42] fraud, theft, arson, or war-related destruction, to the more common voluntary sale, loss for one or more occupants on relationship breakdown, expropriation by government or legislated cause, repossession or foreclosure
    to pay secured debts, eviction by landlords, disposal by time-limited means – lease, or absolute gift.

  • Surveys used in social science research frequently include questions about housing tenure, because it is a useful proxy for income or wealth, and people are less reluctant
    to give information about it.

  • [54] In modern America, an owned house has greater cachet as a home than other residences; debate exists as to if a rooming house can provide a home.

  • [22][23] The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household.

  • [25] A home is generally a place that is close to the heart of the owner, and can become a prized possession.

  • [edit] Notice of renting availability at the Villa Freischütz in Meran in 1911Renting, also known as hiring[38] or letting,[39] is an agreement where a payment is made for
    the use of a good, service or property owned by another over a fixed period of time.

  • [16] Modern definitions portray home as a site of supreme comfort and familial intimacy, operating as a buffer to the greater world.

  • [11][60][61][57] The connection between home and family is pertinent, to the extent that some scholars consider the terms to be synonymous.

  • [56] Marianne Gullestad wrote of the home as the center of and as an attempt to amalgamate everyday life; one’s conduct there, she said, can reflect greater culture or social
    values, such as gender roles insinuating the home to be the domain of women.

  • [31] By extension, it may also refer to an office or a corporation, as well as the maintenance of computer storage systems.

  • [11][55] Some housing scholars have contended that a conflation of house and home is the result of popular media and capitalist interest.

  • In southern Africa, early modern humans regularly used sea caves as shelter starting about 180,000 years ago when they learned to exploit the sea for the first time.

  • [59] The time spent with one’s home is a considerable element in establishing one’s attachment.

  • [10] The distinction between home and work formulated in the 20th century, with home acting as sanctuary.

  • [36] Tenure Housing tenure is a financial arrangement and ownership structure under which someone has the right to live in a house or apartment.

  • [citation needed] The first early hominid ever found in Africa, the Taung Child in 1924, was also thought for many years to come from a cave, where it had been deposited after
    being preyed upon by an eagle.

  • A house may have a backyard or a front yard or both, which serve as additional areas where inhabitants can relax or eat.

  • In addition to providing housing, owner-occupancy also functions as a real estate investment.

  • [edit] Owner-occupancy or home-ownership is a form of housing tenure in which a person, called the owner-occupier, owner-occupant, or home owner, owns the home in which they
    live.

  • [edit] A person making these repairs to a house after a flood Home repair involves the diagnosis and resolution of problems in a home, and is related to home maintenance to
    avoid such problems.

  • [1] The aspect of ‘home’ can be considered across scales; from the micro scale showcasing the most intimate spaces of the individual dwelling and direct surrounding area to
    the macro scale of the geographic area such as town, village, city, country or planet.

  • Usually, the sense of home attenuates as one moves away from that point, but it does not do so in a fixed or regular way.

  • [citation needed] Houses may provide “certain activities, which gradually accumulate meaning until they become homes”.

  • Some houses only have a dwelling space for one family or similar-sized group; larger houses called townhouses or row houses may contain numerous family dwellings in the same
    structure.

  • This one-room worker home from Helsinki is typical to late 19th century and early 20th century, often housing large families.

  • [8] Places like homes can trigger self-reflection, thoughts about who someone is or used to be or who they might become.

  • According to the 1861 Victorian era Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management, the housekeeper is second in command in the house and “except in large establishments, where
    there is a house steward, the housekeeper must consider herself as the immediate representative of her mistress”.

  • Squatting occurs worldwide and tends to occur when people find empty buildings or land to occupy for housing.

 

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