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also a host of services and facilities, including schools, parks, garbage collection, ~olice and fire protection, etc. In the market place, the household does not express a demand for a dwelling, per se, but also for the neighborhood in which that dwelling is located. Even though this is true, for clarifica- tion purposes, it is useful to distinguish those needs which the user requires and Which housing is to provide. The following is 'a list of user needs, some of which have been mentioned before. STANDARD SHELTER: Shelter is perhaps the most basic need that housing pro- vides. But shelter should be more than a fortress from the wind and rain-nit should be decent; safe, and s~nitary.1 It has been a goal of the public sector for many years to enable .. every family to live in standard shelter. SEPARATESHELTEH:' Because separate shelter provides privacy, it is a very essential need. Almost every country has .norms concerning the social groupings that should live under the same roof. In this country', one dwelling for one family is the norm. However, a certain amount of home-sharing does occur even on a voluntary basis. .ADEQUATE SIZE/SPACE:. Just as a family'cannot live properly without certain facilities (hot water), its living patterns are also hampered if there is inadequate space or if it is poorly arranged. A dwelling's adequacy with respect to size or space is usually. related to the number of persons living in it. Sufficient space is a basic housing need, and it is a d6minant reason why families move from one home or apartment to'another. ~EASONABLE HOUSING EXPENDITURES: Because of the necessity t9 allocate household income on other consumption items, households are restricted in the amount they can spend on housing. Every household faces a . decision on h~w much it can reasonably e~pend on housing. Sometimes households allocate more on housing than seems rea- sonable, although this can be a forced circumstance or done voluntarily. The latter is often based on the fact that cur- rent income is not always permanent income in that increases in income are anticipated by the household. RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY AND, ,HOUSING CHOICE: Households also require the ability to move geographically, which often also means in terms of economically. Frequently, owing to a lack of 00007 . ...