Health Hygiene & Sanitation

Lesson 14 : Housing Standards

Criteria For Healthful Housing

1. Healthful housing provides physical protection and shelter

   
   

   Courtesy: WHO Expert Committee
2. Provides adequately for cooking, eating, washing, and excretory functions;
3. Is designed, constructed, maintained and used in a manner such as to prevent the spread of communicable diseases;
4. Provides for protection from hazards of exposure to noise and pollution.
5. Is free from unsafe physical arrangements due to construction or maintenance and from toxic or harmful materials.
6. Encourages personal and community development, promotes social relationships, reflects a regard for ecological principles, and by these means promotes mental health.

1. Housing Standards –Factors Influencing
2. The housing standards in India
3. Rural Housing