Apartment

<p>An apartment , flat (<a href="/facts/British_English/ymJR5Rnd">British English</a>, <a href="/facts/Indian_English/LW2DcJGE">Indian English</a>, <a href="/facts/South_African_English/5IIVeacu">South African English</a>), <a href="/facts/Tenement/SLLV7ABo">tenement</a> (<a href="/facts/Scots_English/VT54VbX9">Scots English</a>), or unit (<a href="/facts/Australian_English/S1qgz29t">Australian English</a>) is a self-contained <a href="/facts/Housing_unit/aIJ3gB2o">housing unit</a> (a type of residential <a href="/facts/Real_estate/fngFAqrR">real estate</a>) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are many names for these overall buildings (see below). The <a href="/facts/Housing_tenure/pzNfLuJL">housing tenure</a> of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale <a href="/facts/Public_housing/BqCFqIAt">public housing</a>, to <a href="/facts/Owner_occupancy/2WIkNvdJ">owner occupancy</a> within what is legally a <a href="/facts/Condominium_(living_space)/UN3Wapsv">condominium</a> (<a href="/facts/Strata_title/soPY8YuK">strata title</a> or <a href="/facts/Commonhold/1MxAYmbR">commonhold</a>) or <a href="/facts/Leasehold/xzBnkhPF">leasehold</a>, to tenants <a href="/facts/Renting/3b8gwd3I">renting</a> from a private landlord.
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