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affordable housing

affordable housing noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see affordable, housing.

Noun

affordable housing (uncountable)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see affordable, housing.
  2. (US) Housing for people whose income is a certain percentage below the median income for an area, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
    • Such plans incorporate a range of public housing units, market rate dwelling units, and affordable housing units with shallower subsidies than those available for public housing units, financed by a variety of mechanisms in addition to the federal HOPE VI grant.2016, Nestor M. Davidson, Robin Paul Malloy, Affordable Housing and Public-Private Partnerships, page 232

Questions about affordable housing

What does affordable housing mean?
Affordable housing means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see affordable, housing.
What part of speech is affordable housing?
Affordable housing is a noun.

Words near affordable housing in the dictionary

  1. afforcing
  2. afford
  3. affordabilities
  4. affordability
  5. affordable
  6. affordable housing
  7. affordables
  8. affordably
  9. affordance
  10. affordances
  11. affordant

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