Editing Apartment (section)

{{Short description|Self-contained housing unit occupying part of a building}}
{{About|the type of housing}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2024}}
[[File:23rd St 6th Av 19 - Chelsea Stratus.jpg|thumb|A lower-rise apartment building on the left side of the [[Avenue of the Americas]] in [[Manhattan]], juxtaposed next to a [[skyscraper]] apartment building]]
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An '''apartment''' ([[American English]], [[Canadian English]]), '''flat''' ([[British English]], [[Indian English]], [[South African English]]),{{efn|In North America, "flat" may sometimes be used for an apartment that occupies the entirety of a building floor or [[storey|story]]}} '''[[tenement]]''' ([[Scots English]]), or '''unit''' ([[Australian English]]) is a self-contained [[housing unit]] (a type of residential [[real estate]]) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are many names for these overall buildings (see below). The [[housing tenure]] of apartments also varies considerably, from large-scale [[public housing]], to [[owner occupancy]] within what is legally a [[Condominium (living space)|condominium]] ([[strata title]] or [[commonhold]]) or [[leasehold]], to tenants [[renting]] from a private landlord.