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Meaning of "housing shortage" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HOUSING SHORTAGE

ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOUSING SHORTAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Housing shortage 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 HOUSING SHORTAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of housing shortage in the English dictionary

The definition of housing shortage in the dictionary is a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOUSING SHORTAGE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOUSING SHORTAGE

houseworker · housey · housey-housey · housing · housing association · housing benefit · housing conditions · housing development · housing estate · housing list · housing market · housing project · housing scheme · housing stock · housings · housling · Housman · Houston · Houston Ship Canal · houstonia

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOUSING SHORTAGE

backstage · culvertage · disadvantage · etage · frontage · hermitage · high voltage · high-voltage · hostage · labour shortage · montage · outage · pilotage · postage · rapportage · sabotage · stage · the stage · vantage · wattage

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «housing shortage» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF HOUSING SHORTAGE

Find out the translation of housing shortage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of housing shortage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «housing shortage» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

住房短缺
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

escasez de vivienda
570 millions of speakers
en

English

housing shortage
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आवास की कमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أزمة السكن
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

дефицит жилья
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

déficit habitacional
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আবাসন সমস্যা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

pénurie de logements
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan perumahan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Wohnungsknappheit
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

住宅不足
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

주택 부족
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Kakurangan omah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiếu hụt nhà ở
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வீட்டு பற்றாக்குறை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

घरांची कमतरता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Konut sıkıntısı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

carenza di alloggi
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

obudowa brak
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

дефіцит житла
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

lipsa de locuințe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έλλειψη στέγης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

behuisingstekort
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bostadsbristen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boligmangel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of housing shortage

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOUSING SHORTAGE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of housing shortage
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «housing shortage».

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOUSING SHORTAGE»

Discover the use of housing shortage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to housing shortage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
LIFE
The nation last week suddenly found itself in the middle of an acute housing shortage. The shortage had been predicted for many months. But when it came the nation was shocked and bewildered by it. Everywhere people desperately sought ...
2
Profit by Investing in Student Housing: Cash In on the ...
Real estate veteran Zaransky shows readers precisely how to build wealth investing in student housing properties.
Michael Zaransky, 2006
3
Housing Policy in Europe
Dutch housing policy since the Second World War is in many respects comparable with that of many other west European countries, the Netherlands too had suffered a great housing shortage after the war and the government was thus ...
Paul N. Balchin, 1996
4
The State of African Cities 2008: A Framework for Addressing ...
While overall housing supply is sufficient in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia, housing prices are too high for most middle-income families and there is a housing shortage for lower-income households. A major factor affecting affordability is ...
‎2008
5
Cities and Housing
Any lag with respect to housing the houseless results into housing shortage. This shortage of housing for urban section of population in India has already reached a crisis proportion. The crisis proportion has reached such a dimen- tion of ...
Chiranji S. Yadav, 1987
6
The Housing Debate
The key debate in this important and timely book is whether social policy and people's homes should be so closely connected, especially when housing markets are so volatile.
Stuart Lowe, 2011
7
Housing and Community Development in New York City: Facing ...
TABLE 1.13 Estimated Affordable Rental Housing Shortage/Surplus in New York City Income Decile1 Number of Number of Number of Affordable Affordable Households Occupied Units Vacant Units Total Cumulative Affordable Surplus ...
Michael H. Schill, 1999
8
Housing and Labor Market Distortions in Poland: Linkages and ...
The basic model that we test is one in which we expect that net migration is positively related to the wage level in an area but negatively related to increases in the housing shortage. Three simple models are presented in Table 7. In the first ...
Stephen K. Mayo, James I. Stein, 1988
9
Public Administration Singapore-style
The high ratio of the total population increase in Singapore to the number of housing units built by the SIT during 1948–1959 is another manifestation of the SIT's failure to solve the housing shortage in Singapore. The SIT's ineffectiveness in ...
Jon S. T. Quah, 2010
10
Housing Policy--the Search for Solutions: A Comparison of ...
Further, over half of Britain's housing stock was more than fifty-five years old, so that a high replacement demand was forecast for the future.20 The great public concern with the immediate and prospective post- World War II housing shortage  ...
Paul Francis Wendt, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOUSING SHORTAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term housing shortage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Two birds with one stone | The Economist
Mr Osborne's planning shake-up ought to ease the housing shortage a little. But other proposals may worsen it. Housing associations ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
2
Tenants in England spend half their pay on rent | Money | The …
Private renters are bearing the brunt of our dramatic housing shortage. Roger Harding, Shelter. Across England, private renters paid 43% of the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Designers create the 'impossible' zero-carbon house - BBC News
... for an end to the Zero Carbon home standard. It says reducing regulatory costs will help increase supply at a time of housing shortage. «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Sheffield Council defends record on social housing shortage - and …
Sheffield Council defends record on social housing shortage - and pledges more building. editorial image. 13:25 Tuesday 14 July 2015. 11. Have your say ... «The Star, Jul 15»
5
From a housing shortage to a glut? | The Australian
Australia's infamous housing shortage is at risk of quickly turning into a housing glut with our residential construction boom set to undermine ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
6
Pope Francis visit causes housing shortage worries for hospital …
The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of ... «Philadelphia Business Journal, Jul 15»
7
UK government to unlock industrial sites to ease housing shortage
The UK government wants to change the planning system to make it easier for developers to build homes on brownfield sites. It may also ... «GCR, Jul 15»
8
A necessary step to address Dublin's acute housing shortage
Anything that would help to alleviate the severe housing shortage in Dublin must be welcomed, including “expressions of interest” from housing ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Unleash the builders | The Economist
Planning rules in the capital, where the housing shortage is particularly severe, will be relaxed to allow Londoners to add extra storeys to their ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
10
Economic issues (44%) biggest problems facing NZ; Housing
Economic issues (44%) biggest problems facing NZ; Housing shortage/ Housing affordability at record high 14% in June – highest in Auckland ... «Roy Morgan Research, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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