[UC] Neighborhood housing composition

[Anthony West]

Citing the Census Bureau, Jennifer wrote:   >Housing unit >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.   A lot of rental arrangements in this neighborhood involve shared living quarters: roomers, roommates, coop housemates. So the fact that one 3-story twin has "five housing units" in it while the other comprises just "one" doesn't necessarily mean there are more renters in the first than in the second! All data like these are inexact and should be studied on a case-by-case basis with an eye to the questioon you are trying to answer with them.   -- Tony West