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<br />www 2010 .+eue bh > Dooulation es[Imates > j~(~ > ~ ~ housing unit <br />terms & definitions <br />HOUSING UNIT ESTIMATES <br />Housing Units - A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home or <br />trailer, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied, or, if vacant, is <br />intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, Separate living quarters <br />are those in which the occupants live separately from any other persons in <br />the building and which have direct access from the outside of the building or <br />through a common hall. <br />For vacant units, the criteria of separateness and direct access aze applied to <br />the intended occupants wherever possible. <br />Both occupied and vacant housing units aze included in the housing unit <br />inventory, except that recreational vehicles, boats, vans, tents, railroad cazs, <br />and the like aze included only if they aze occupied as someone's usual place <br />of residence. Vacant mobile homes are included provided they are intended <br />for occupancy on the site where they stand. Vacant mobile homes on dealer's <br />sales lots, at the factory, or in storage yards are excluded from the housing <br />unit inventory. <br />Group Quarters - A group quarters is a place where people live or stay <br />other than the usual house, apartment, or mobile home. Two general types of <br />group quarters are recognized: institutional (for example, nursing homes, <br />mental hospitals or wazds, hospitals or wards for chronically ill patients, <br />hospices, and prison wazds) and noninstitutional (for example, college or <br />university dormitories, military barracks, group homes, shelters, missions, <br />and flophouses). Group quarters may have housing units on the premises for <br />staff or guests. <br />Pago Last AAodiflt-d: August 24, 2004 <br />httn://www.201 Ocensus biz/nopulation/www/cps/cpsdef html <br />X:V-S~Save Pkasanton's Hips 6c Housing Cap (nitiative~Census household definition.doc <br />Page 2 of 2 <br />