Housing
Needs
Housing I
1.01
Sherry Brooks
David W Butler HS
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
NEEDS
• Physical: most basic human needs.
MUST be meet before any other need
can be met. Shelter, water, food,
rest, and warmth.
• Psychological: needs related to the
mind and feelings.
– Security: protection from the outside
world, both physical and the unknown
– Love/acceptance: having your own
space (bedroom) or be made a part of
group
Needs con’t
• Esteem: respect, admiration, and
high regard from others.
–Self-esteem is awareness and
appreciation of your own selfworth.
Self-actualization: you have
developed to your full potential
as a person. In you chosen
profession, you are the best.
Often a life-long process
Other Needs
• Beauty: qualities that give pleasure to the
senses. An appreciation of beauty changes
as you mature because you are exposed
to new things and experiences
• Self-expression: shown by the colors and
styles (clothes, furniture, accessories) you
choose. Also changes as you mature.
• Creativity: combining 2 or more
ideas/things to create something new to
express yourself. Painting, landscaping,
sewing, cooking, arranging flowers, etc.
• Status: material possessions that are
equal to a certain lifestyle. Large home in
gated community, job, income, social
standing (everyone knows your name and
family)
• Privacy: everyone needs some privacy for
their own well-being. Need to be alone to
process thoughts and to be creative.
Most people in USA value privacy above
most other needs and wants. Usually
decorate homes to show individualism.
Family Types
• Nuclear: includes BOTH parents and
their children living under one roof.
Children are born or adopted
• Single parent: consist of one parent
and at least one child.
• Step/blended family: consist of
parents, one or both that may have
been married before and includes
children from a previous marriage
• Extended:
• 1. Several generation of a family
living together (children, parents,
grandparents)
• 2. Members of the same generation
(brothers, sisters, cousins) all living
in same household
• Childless: husband and wife who
have never had children by choice or
inability
Family Life Cycle
• Beginning: married with no children
• Childbearing: couple with children up to 6
years old
• Parenting/expanding: couple with children
6-20 years. Could move in order to be in
certain school district, children are
becoming older
• Launching: children are becoming adults
and leaving home for college, taking a job,
getting married
• Midyears: time between when
children leave home and parents
retire
• Aging: begins with retirement. At
some point, a spouse may live alone
due to death. This is the LARGEST
group in USA today.
• At any given time, many families will
overlap one or more stages
Individual Life Cycles
• Infancy: Newborn to one year old. Totally
dependent on caregiver
• Childhood: ages 1-12, still dependent on
caregiver
• Youth: Preteen to Late teen, becoming
more independent but still living in family
home
• Adulthood/Aging: 20-death: totally
independent. Baby-boomers: people born
20 yr period after WWII, forms the largest
group of Americans today
Quality of Life
• Defined as the degree of satisfaction
obtained from life.
• Personal: your idea of a perfect life.
To some this is a very simple life
with few conveniences, to others a
large home and status in community
and every possible convenience
Society: making life and its quality better
for everyone. Using your time, money,
and energy to maintain and support
efforts. Changes in society have been due
to:
• Longer life spans
• Changes in economic conditions and
working at home
• Changes in family structures and roles,
fashions and personal tastes
• Increasing environmental awareness
Resources
• Housing Decisions pages 20-39
• http://sagerave.files.wordpress.com/
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