Deadly, record-breaking heat wave grips western US
A record-breaking heat wave continued to grip the western United States on Tuesday, smashing records and endangering lives with little relief in sight.
A record-breaking heat wave continued to grip the western United States on Tuesday, smashing records and endangering lives with little relief in sight.
Environment
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There's a new bill before federal parliament calling for housing to be considered a fundamental human right.
Political science
Jul 5, 2024
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Plants & Animals
Jul 4, 2024
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Detroiters who face rising rents, poor living conditions and systemic barriers to affordable and safe housing are at greater risk of poor health, our research finds.
Social Sciences
Jul 4, 2024
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Canada cannot simultaneously meet its targets for emission reductions and new housing unless there's a drastic change in construction practices, according to research from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science ...
Environment
Jul 3, 2024
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The United States is experiencing a housing shortage. At least, that is the case according to common belief—and is even the basis for national policy, as the Biden administration has stated plans to address the housing ...
Economics & Business
Jun 17, 2024
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Governments are failing to provide a secure alternative for households unable to access social housing, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2024
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Over half a million people are estimated to be homeless in the United States on any given night, and a case before the nation's high court could grant states the authority to criminalize sleeping outdoors by individuals with ...
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2024
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There is little doubt Australia is in the midst of a profound housing crisis, one that has been decades in the making.
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2024
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As South Africa reflects on 30 years of democracy, it's important to ask whether its cities have changed for the better when it comes to racial mixing.
Political science
Jun 2, 2024
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A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures. In some contexts, "house" may mean the same as dwelling, residence, home, abode, lodging, accommodation, or housing, among other meanings.
The social unit that lives in a house is known as a household. Most commonly, a household is a family unit of some kind, though households can be other social groups, such as single persons, or groups of unrelated individuals. Settled agrarian and industrial societies are composed of household units living permanently in housing of various types, according to a variety of forms of land tenure. English-speaking people generally call any building they routinely occupy "home". Many people leave their houses during the day for work and recreation, and return to them to sleep and for other activities.[citation needed]
A growing point of interest is the energy consumption of a house; while many houses in Japan have no insulation at all, in Europe from 2018 all houses built should have no energy consumption at all.
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