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