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PRONUNCIATION OF GOVERNMENT HOUSING

government housing  [ˈɡʌvənmənt ˈhaʊzɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOVERNMENT HOUSING

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preposition
conjunction
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exclamation
Government housing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOVERNMENT HOUSING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

government housing

Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, usually with the aim of providing affordable housing. Social housing can also be seen as a potential remedy to housing inequality. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, definitions of poverty and other criteria for allocation vary within different contexts.

Definition of government housing in the English dictionary

The definition of government housing in the dictionary is housing owned and managed by the federal or state government, which is rented out to tenants, esp as a form of affordable housing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOVERNMENT HOUSING


arousing
əˈraʊzɪŋ
brown-nosing
ˈbraʊnˌnəʊzɪŋ
closing
ˈkləʊzɪŋ
cohousing
ˌkəʊˈhaʊzɪŋ
dowsing
ˈdaʊzɪŋ
hothousing
ˈhɒthaʊzɪŋ
housing
ˈhaʊzɪŋ
imposing
ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ
mousing
ˈmaʊzɪŋ
nonhousing
ˌnɒnˈhaʊzɪŋ
nosing
ˈnəʊzɪŋ
opposing
əˈpəʊzɪŋ
rabble-rousing
ˈræbəlraʊzɪŋ
rousing
ˈraʊzɪŋ
self-closing
ˌsɛlfˈkləʊzɪŋ
unimposing
ˌʌnɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ
unreposing
ˌʌnrɪˈpəʊzɪŋ
warehousing
ˈwɛəˌhaʊzɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOVERNMENT HOUSING

government
Government Accountability Office
government action
government bond
Government Broker
government corporation
government department
government expenditure
Government House
government in waiting
government issue
government man
government monopoly
Government Printing Office
government securities
government stock
government-owned corporation
governmental
governmentalise
governmentalism

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOVERNMENT HOUSING

accusing
alternating-gradient focusing
amusing
antibusing
bemusing
busing
cancer-causing
confusing
council housing
data warehousing
differential housing
high-density housing
increasing
musing
pausing
public housing
roughhousing
sheltered housing
social housing
terraced housing
unamusing

Synonyms and antonyms of government housing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «government housing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOVERNMENT HOUSING

Find out the translation of government housing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of government housing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «government housing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

政府住房
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vivienda del gobierno
570 millions of speakers

English

government housing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सरकारी आवास
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الإسكان الحكومي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

правительство жилья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

habitacional do governo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সরকারি আবাসন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

logement du gouvernement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perumahan kerajaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Regierung Gehäuse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

政府の住宅
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정부 주택
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omah pemerintah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà chính phủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரசாங்க வீடுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सरकारी निवास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Devlet konutu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alloggi pubblici
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obudowa rząd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

уряд житла
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

locuințe guvern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυβέρνηση στέγαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

regering en Behuising
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

regeringen bostäder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

regjeringen bolig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of government housing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOVERNMENT HOUSING»

The term «government housing» is regularly used and occupies the 85.567 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOVERNMENT HOUSING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «government housing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «government housing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about government housing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOVERNMENT HOUSING»

Discover the use of government housing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to government housing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Extending Themselves: User-initiated Transformations of ...
This book examines user-initiated transformations to government-built housing in Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana and Zimbabwe, surveyed in a research program sponsored by the UK Department for International Development.
A. Graham Tipple, 2000
2
Government Discourse and Housing
2) In 2000, following the installation of the Labour-Alliance coalition government, Housing New Zealand's profit motive was removed and the market rent system abandoned in favour of income-related rents. The mass reduction in Housing ...
Jago Dodson, 2007
3
The Federal Government and Urban Housing, Third Edition
The strength of white resistance to residential integration through federal housing programs, plus the fact that fears of racial integration seemed to increase the overall level of public and elite hostility to government housing efforts had long ago ...
R. Allen Hays, 2012
4
Government and Housing: Developments in Seven Countries
Apart from Uren and his staff, however, support for local government housing initiatives has never had a very high priority within the Hawke government. Varying views concerning commonwealth involvement in local housing are held both ...
Willem van Vliet, Jan van Weesep, 1990
5
War Emergency Construction (housing War Workers): Report of ...
A number of the articles in the three following sections, relating more specifically to the work of each of the three Government housing agencies contain some general discussion of the war housing problems in the United States. Space does  ...
United States Housing Corporation, 1919
6
War Emergency Construction (housing War Workers): ...
A number of the articles in the three following sections, relating more specifically to the work of each of the three Government housing agencies contain some general discussion of the war housing problems in the United States. Space does  ...
United States Housing Corporation, 1919
7
Report of the United States Housing Corporation
The conclusions of the commission on living conditions on the completion, operation, and disposal of the Government's housing and transportation properties and in regard to the Federal Government's relation to housing problems and living ...
United States. Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation, 1920
8
Housing Finance Mechanisms in Thailand
Financial institutions in Thailand are divided into two categories: banking and non-banking institutions. Banking institutions include 13 local banks, 18 branches of foreign banks as well as five specialized banks: the Government Housing Bank, ...
Sōphon Phō̜nchōkchai, 2008
9
Low-cost Housing in Barbados: Evolution Or Social Revolution?
An examination of government housing policy in Barbados after 1980 reveals a plethora of externally funded projects, starter homes, sites-and-services schemes and joint housing ventures between the state and the private sector ...
Mark R. Watson, Robert B. Potter, 2001
10
The Federal Government and Urban Housing: Ideology and ...
The strength of white resistence to residential integration through federal housing programs, plus the fact that fears of racial integration seemed to increase the overall level of public and elite hostility to government housing efforts had long ago ...
R. Allen Hays, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOVERNMENT HOUSING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term government housing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Housing Authority dispense 60% of government housing grant
The Housing Authority of Fiji has so far dispensed 60 percent of the government housing grant. Housing Authority Chief Executive Joshua ... «Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Jul 15»
2
June mortgage lending in Israel hits new $1.9 billion record
Another government housing program – the affordable housing plan known as Mehir Lemishtaken – is not an immediate solution to the ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
3
What 'Invisible' Money Adds to Vancouver Home Prices
And comparing American and Canadian cities with different interest rates, government housing programs and currency values adds an ... «TheTyee.ca, Jul 15»
4
LETTER: Challenge the 'difficult housing targets'
... and developers. Cllr Dawe should list what specific actions he has taken to challenge the government housing numbers with Ministers. «West Sussex County Times, Jul 15»
5
LETTER: Affordable housing helps mentally ill
... 41,000 can afford to live in decent apartments in a safe neighborhood — thanks to having a job or receiving a government housing subsidy. «Daily Record, Jul 15»
6
Govt to provide public housing
... prior to the formation of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in 1960, less than 9% of Singaporeans stayed in Government housing. «The Star Online, Jul 15»
7
Obama Unveils Stricter Rules Against Segregation in Housing
... who denounced it as another directive from Washington to communities they say have long suffered from ill-conceived government housing ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Narrabundah public housing development will destroy heritage …
... late 1940s and built in the 1950s as the first brick buildings in Narrabundah and "the brand new style of government housing in those days". «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
9
US Government Must Leave Zoning Decisions to Local Authorities
HUD said the new rules would help areas that receive government housing funding to meet their equal opportunities obligations. “Once again ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
10
Campaigners demand 'special treatment' for rural housing
Campaigners are calling for rural communities to be given “special treatment” under Government housing policy – including exemption from ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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