Short answers, pulled from the story.
Homo erectus took shelter in the caves at Zhoukoudian China over one million years ago. These natural hollows provided protection from predators and weather for early human species.
Ancient Egyptian town layouts at Amarna and Deir el-Medina displayed dense rows of flat-roofed houses off narrow lanes from 2686 BC onwards. Two-story houses in Mohenjo-daro featured private wells and indoor bathrooms with drainage systems for the Indus Valley Civilisation.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century European domestic architecture reverted to simple timber-framed huts. Elite populations continued inhabiting stone manor houses featuring great halls and defensive structures by the twelfth century.
Amsterdam London and Paris contain canals where people dwell in houseboats all year round. Houseboats moored at fixed points often tethered to land provide utilities without motorized operation.
Homelessness too can be subject to differences per gender affecting men conditioned to experience great control versus women. Dysfunctional sociality negates the sense of residence while physical contents endow it according to sociological theory.