<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">rooming houses</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>boardinghouses</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>lodging houses</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>rooming house</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>rooming-houses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>roominghouses</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Houses, sometimes family homes or other relatively small buildings, that offer for a fixed fee apartments or rooms and sometimes meals. Rooming houses typically differ from boardinghouses in that a rooming house offers fewer amenities and less social contact with the family or other operators. However, in nineteenth-century American usage, the term may overlap in meaning with "boardinghouses." ]]></note></mads>