Abstract
One important aspect of the trend toward higher-density housing in American suburbs since 1960 has been the revival of attached houses types for owner occupancy in response to rising land costs and changing household composition. Major changes in the institutions which finance, construct and-regulate new housing had to be effected before the new house type could appear in suburban neighborhoods of every S.M.S.A. in the U.S.. In a case studyof suburbs in the San Francisco Bay Area, the impact of the new housing on patterns of social space was examined. Analysis of the location of townhouses and the socioeconomic status of townhouse occupants reveals that existing patterns of income segregation are not being revised. The life-style and life-cycle characteristics of townhouse residents do differ from prevailing suburban patterns, adding a new social component to single family house neighborhoods.
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