This is a list of permanent, semi-permanent, mobile and miscelleneous types of human habitation. Such an exhaustive list is at times used for national census, where counting every human, however housed or not housed, is mandatory.
Permanent
Barracks, may also be mobile, a cantonment or military camp Bed and breakfast, or B&B (French: Chambre d'hôtes) Boarding house Bothy Bungalow Castle Cave Yaodong Chalet Château Choultry Condominium Converted barn Cottage Domus Dormitory Dugout Earth house Earth sheltering Farm stay Flophouse Guest house Hospitality service, or hospitality exchange Hostal Hostel Hotel Apartment hotel Boutique hotel Capsule hotel Casino hotel Love hotel House, or home Housebarn Housing tenure or rented accommodation Apartment Bedsit Communal apartment Council house Flatshare, also called shared housing or shared accommodation Public housing Share house Single room occupancy Tenancy Hut Slab hut Inn Insula Log cabin Log house Longhouse Mansion Mini dorm Moroccan riad Motel Nursing home Orphanage Palace Pension Pit-house Prison Cell Public house Inn Retirement home Rooming house Roundhouse Ryokan, a traditional Japanese inn Safari lodge Sanatorium Sod house Stilt house Timeshare Tree house Turbaza Underground living Vacation rental Villa
Semi-permanent
Beach hut Bivouac shelter Emergency shelter Igloo Lean-to Mobile home Ramada Snow cave Tent city Quinzhee
Mobile
Bender tent Campervan Campsite Houseboat, including float houses Mobile home Portable building Recreational vehicle RV park Tent Travel trailer
Traditional tent types
Bell tent Chum Fly Goahti Kohte Lavvu Loue Nomadic tents Pandal Sibley tent Tarp tent Tipi Wigwam Yurt
See also
Building Buy to let Dwelling Habitation (disambiguation) House in multiple occupation List of building types Lists of buildings and structures List of house types Lodging Modular building Open-source architecture Prefabricated building Sanctuary Shed Shelter Single-room occupancy Vernacular architecture
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