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==Types and characteristics==
=== Studio apartment ===
[[File:Cuisinette studio in Sherbrooke April 2010.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Studio apartment in [[Sherbrooke, Quebec]], Canada, showing double bed, kitchenette, and entrance way with sliding door to closet]]
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The smallest self-contained apartments are referred to as studio, efficiency or bachelor apartments in the US and Canada, or studio flat in the UK. These units usually consist of a large single main room which acts as the living room, dining room and bedroom combined and usually also includes kitchen facilities, with a separate bathroom. In Korea, the term "one room" (''wonroom'') refers to a studio apartment.<ref>{{cite web | title='Konglish' Not Spoken Here: Asia Society Korea Center Targets Signs and Schoolbooks |
{{See also|Microapartment}}▼
▲The smallest self-contained apartments are referred to as studio, efficiency or bachelor apartments in the US and Canada, or studio flat in the UK. These units usually consist of a large single main room which acts as the living room, dining room and bedroom combined and usually also includes kitchen facilities, with a separate bathroom. In Korea, the term "one room" (''wonroom'') refers to a studio apartment.<ref>{{cite web | title='Konglish' Not Spoken Here: Asia Society Korea Center Targets Signs and Schoolbooks | website=Asia Society | date=11 October 2012 | url=http://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/konglish-not-spoken-here-asia-society-korea-center-targets-signs-and-schoolbooks | access-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>
A [[bedsit]] is a UK variant on single room accommodation: a bed-sitting room, probably without cooking facilities, with a shared bathroom. A bedsit is not self-contained and so is not an apartment or flat as this article uses the terms; it forms part of what the UK government calls a [[house in multiple occupation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Private renting: Houses in multiple occupation - GOV.UK|url=https://www.gov.uk/private-renting/houses-in-multiple-occupation|
=== Microapartment ===
[[File:Seattle - Apodment at SE corner of 13th & Mercer 01.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"Apodment" microapartment building, [[Capitol Hill, Seattle|Capitol Hill]], [[Seattle]]]]
Microapartments became popular in urban centres in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, and North America in the 2010s. They are purpose built to maximize profits for developers and landlords, providing relatively low-priced accommodation.<ref name=Christie>{{cite news |first=Les |last=Christie |url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/06/21/real_estate/micro-apartments/index.html |title=Micro-apartments: The anti-McMansions |publisher=CNN Money |date=21 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Lauren |last=O'Neill |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2012/11/san-francisco-approves-220-square-foot-micro-apartments.html |title=Would you live in a 220-square-foot 'micro apartment?' |publisher=CBC News |date=23 November 2012}}</ref> In the United States, most cities have [[zoning]] [[code]]s that set the minimum size for a housing unit (often 400 square feet) as well as the number of non-related persons who can live together in one unit.<ref name=Bring_back_boarding_house>{{cite news | last=Badger | first=Emily | title=Is It Time to Bring Back the Boarding House? | url=https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/07/it-time-bring-back-boarding-house/6236/ | access-date=2017-11-13 | publisher=CityLab - The Atlantic Monthly Group | date=2013-07-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114022002/https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/07/it-time-bring-back-boarding-house/6236/ | archive-date=2017-11-14}}</ref> Micro apartments have been around in NYC since at least the 1800's. The average size of an NYC tenement unit was around 284 square feet, and four or more people would cram into that tiny space.<ref>https://newyorkcityapartments.com/How-Micro-Units-Can-Help-the-NYC-Apartment-Market</ref> In June 2016,<ref>{{cite web |last=Plitt |first=Amy |date=6 May 2016 |url=https://ny.curbed.com/2016/5/6/11611048/micro-apartment-nyc-carmel-place-move-ins |title=NYC's First Micro-Unit Building Will Welcome Residents on June 1 |publisher=Curbed NY |access-date=19 April 2023}}</ref> [[New York City]] got its first microapartment<ref>{{cite news |title= New York City "micro" apartments aim to be cosy, not cramped |first= Jonathan |last= Allen |publisher= Reuters |date= 10 July 2012 |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-newyork-apartments-idUSLNE86900Z20120710 }}</ref> building, [[Carmel Place]], with 55 units that are as small as {{convert|250|sqft}}<ref>{{cite news |title= Manhattan to Get First 'Micro-Unit' Apartment Building |first= Oshrat |last= Carmiel |date= 22 January 2013 |publisher= Bloomberg News |url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-22/new-york-city-to-get-first-micro-unit-apartment-building.html }}</ref>
===Garden apartment (US)===
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