rural housing

Non-urban residential buildings

Rural housing refers to residential dwellings located in countryside areas, small towns, or agricultural regions, as distinct from urban or suburban development.

The term often appears in policy contexts addressing affordability, infrastructure, and access to services in less populated areas: The agency provides loans for rural housing development.

Rural housing may range from farmhouses to manufactured homes to village cottages.

Opposites
geographic setting

rural housingurban housing

Dwellings in densely populated areas

suburban housing · urban dwelling · city apartment · urban development · city living

density and building type

rural housingapartment

Rented unit in building

high-rise apartment · apartment building · condominium · tower block · tenement

building typology

rural housingapartments

Rented dwelling units

high-rise apartments · apartment buildings · tower blocks · condominiums · tenements

Family

rural, housing

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