In American English, what is this self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, of which the living place of the lives of six young people from Bedsitcom?
Apartment An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single level. Such a building may be called an "apartment building", "apartment complex", "flat complex", "block of flats", "tower block", "high-rise" or, occasionally "mansion block" (in British English), especially if it consists of many apartments for rent. In Scotland, it is called a block of flats or, if it is a traditional sandstone building, a "tenement", which has a pejorative connotation elsewhere. Apartments may be owned by an "owner/occupier", by leasehold tenure or rented by "tenants" (two types of housing tenure).
Assured shorthold tenancy The assured shorthold tenancy is the default legal category of residential tenancy in England and Wales. It is a form of assured tenancy with limited security of tenure, which was introduced by the Housing Act 1988 and saw an important default provision and a widening of its definition made by the Housing Act 1996. Since 28 February 1997 in respect of accommodation to new tenants who are new to their landlords, the assured shorthold tenancy has become the most common form of arrangement that involves a private residential landlord. The equivalent in Scotland is short assured tenancy.