A revenue house is a type of

multi-family residential Multifamily residential (also known as multidwelling unit or MDU) is a classification of housing where multiple separate housing units for residential inhabitants are contained within one building or several buildings within one complex. Units ca ...

house with specific architecture which evolved in Europe during 18th–19th centuries and became a precursor of what is now known as a

rental Renting, also known as hiring or letting, is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property owned by another. A gross lease is when the tenant pays a flat rental amount and the landlord pays for a ...

apartment house and a

tenement A tenement is a type of building shared by multiple dwellings, typically with flats or apartments on each floor and with shared entrance stairway access. They are common on the British Isles, particularly in Scotland. In the medieval Old Town, i ...

. In various European countries this type of house was known as ''immeuble de rapport'', ''hôtel de rapport'' (

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); ''inmueble de inversión'', ''inmueble de alquiler'' (

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), (

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), etc. In France, the spreading of the revenue houses started since the reign of

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. Over time, it became a popular investment by

real estate developer Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re- lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to othe ...

s, which resulted in repeated use of the same type of

façade A façade () (also written facade) is generally the front part or exterior of a building. It is a loan word from the French (), which means ' frontage' or ' face'. In architecture, the façade of a building is often the most important aspect ...

s and overall architecture of the buildings. The proliferation of this kind of property is responsible for the uniformity of the

architecture of Paris The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture of every period, from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important monuments of the French Renaissance, Classical revival, the Flamboyant s ...

today.François Loyer, ''Paris xixe siècle : l'immeuble et la rue'', Paris, Hazan,

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