Definition of Public housing

1. Noun. A housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families.

Exact synonyms: Housing Project
Generic synonyms: Housing Development

Definition of Public housing

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Public Housing

public domain
public enemies
public enemy
public executioner
public exposure
public eye
public figure
public figures
public finance
public good
public health
public holiday
public holidays
public house
public housing (current term)
public interest
public intoxication
public key
public key certificate
public key cryptography
public keys
public knowledge
public lavatory
public law
public lecture
public library
public life
public limited companies
public limited company

Literary usage of Public housing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Human Rights Violations in the United States: A Report on U.S. Compliance by Steven R. Shapiro (1993)
"HUD is authorized to make loans and annual contributions to public housing agencies to enable them to develop, operate and maintain low-income public ..."

2. Preventing Gang & Drug Related Witness Intimidation by Peter Finn (1996)
"In general, prosecutors found that within a large city permanent transfer to another public housing development within the city was often sufficient to ..."

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