1956 National Housing Inventory: Financing of owner-occupied residential properties. 1 v

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U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1958 - Housing
 

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Page 13 - Reliability of the Estimates. Since the estimates are based on a sample, they may differ somewhat from the figures that would have been obtained if a complete census had been taken using the same schedules, instructions and enumerators.
Page 13 - The chances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the sample would differ from a complete census figure by less than the standard error.
Page 9 - A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters.
Page 11 - ... payments, Armed Forces allotments for dependents, and other governmental payments or assistance ; and other income such as contributions for support from persons who are not members of the household, alimony, and periodic receipts from insurance policies or annuities.
Page 10 - A dwelling unit was reported as dilapidated when it had serious deficiencies, was rundown or neglected, or was of inadequate original construction, so that it did not provide adequate shelter or protection against the elements or endangered the safety of the occupants.
Page 11 - ... persons who consider the hotel as their usual place of residence or have no usual place of residence elsewhere.
Page 9 - In general, a dwelling unit is a group of rooms or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family or other group of persons living together or by a person living alone.
Page 10 - A dwelling unit was reported as dilapidated If, because of either deterioration or Inadequate original construction, it was below the generally accepted minimum standard for housing and should be torn down or extensively repaired or rebuilt.
Page 9 - A single room, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, is a dwelling unit if it has separate cooking equipment or if it constitutes the only living quarters in the structure.
Page 10 - A. unit is not habitable if its state of repair includes deficiencies in physical construction rendering it inadequate or unsafe as shelter, ie sagging of roof, walls, or floors; holes, open cracks, rotted, loose, or missing materials over a considerable area of foundation, walls, roof, floors, or ceilings; extensive damage by storm, flood, or fire; or several similar deficiencies each to a lesser extent which in combination render the unit inadequate or unsafe as shelter; makeshift or inadequate...

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