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public housing

public housing noun: rental accommodation that is subsidized by public funds and provided for disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.

Noun

public housing (uncountable)

  1. Rental accommodation that is subsidized by public funds and provided for disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.

Synonyms of public housing

Questions about public housing

What does public housing mean?
Public housing means rental accommodation that is subsidized by public funds and provided for disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.
What part of speech is public housing?
Public housing is a noun.

Words near public housing in the dictionary

  1. public holidays
  2. public hotel
  3. public hotels
  4. public house
  5. public houses
  6. public housing
  7. public image
  8. public images
  9. public indecency
  10. public information officer
  11. public intellectual

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