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We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.
John Prescott

Meaning of "public housing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING

public housing  [ˈpʌblɪk ˈhaʊzɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUBLIC HOUSING

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Public 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 PUBLIC HOUSING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

public 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 public housing in the English dictionary

The definition of public housing in the dictionary is low-rent housing provided by the state.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUBLIC 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 PUBLIC HOUSING

public examination
public expenditure
public footpath
public gallery
public goods
public health
public health inspector
Public Health Service
public holiday
public house
public housing project
public inquiry
public lavatory
public law
Public Lending Right
public library
public limited company
public medicine
public money
public nuisance

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUBLIC HOUSING

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

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «public housing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING

Find out the translation of public housing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of public 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 «public housing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

公屋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vivienda pública
570 millions of speakers

English

public housing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सरकारी आवास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإسكان العام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

государственного жилья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

habitação pública
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাবলিক হাউজিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

logement social
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perumahan awam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sozialwohnungen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

公営住宅
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

공공 주택
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omah umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà ở công cộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொது விடுதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सार्वजनिक गृहनिर्माण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

toplu Konut
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

edilizia residenziale pubblica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

budynki publiczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

державного житла
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

locuințe publice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δημόσια στέγαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

openbare behuising
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allmännyttiga bostäder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

offentlige boliger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of public housing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC HOUSING»

The term «public housing» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.515 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUBLIC HOUSING» OVER TIME

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

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6 QUOTES WITH «PUBLIC HOUSING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word public housing.
1
Jami Attenberg
In addition to public housing, South Williamsburg is home to shabby artists' lofts like mine, apartments of Hasidic Jews, and one extremely tall, high-priced condo.
2
John Hume
Total ghettoization, because they were in charge of public housing, the local council, and they deliberately located people in a ghetto situation in order to ensure that they maintained control.
3
Carolyn McCarthy
Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.
4
John Prescott
We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.
5
Cedric Richmond
I've introduced eight bills to fight for support for our small businesses and ensure we get funding to rebuild public housing - among other things.
6
Jan Schakowsky
In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUBLIC HOUSING»

Discover the use of public housing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to public housing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
When Public Housing was Paradise: Building Community in Chicago
Seventy-nine oral histories from former public housing residents and staff offer powerful testament to the fact that well-designed, well-managed low-rent housing has worked, as well as a demonstration of how it could be made to work again.
J. S. Fuerst, D. Bradford Hunt, John Hope Franklin, 2005
2
Public Housing That Worked: New York in the Twentieth Century
Public Housing That Worked offers a comprehensive history of America's largest and most successful housing authority.
Nicholas Bloom, 2009
3
Reclaiming Public Housing: A Half Century of Struggle in ...
At a moment when local city officials throughout America are demolishing more than 100,000 units of low-income housing, this crucial book questions the conventional wisdom that all large public housing projects must be demolished and ...
Lawrence J. Vale, 2002
4
Where Are Poor People to Live?: Transforming Public Housing ...
This groundbreaking book shows how major shifts in federal policy are spurring local public housing authorities to demolish their high-rise, low-income developments and replace them with affordable low-rise, mixed income communities.
Larry Bennett, Janet L. Smith, Patricia A. Wright, 2006
5
Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing
Blueprint for Disaster, then, is an urgent reminder of the havoc poorly conceived policy can wreak on our most vulnerable citizens.
D. Bradford Hunt, 2009
6
The Politics of Public Housing : Black Women's Struggles ...
Black women have traditionally represented the canvas on which many debates about poverty and welfare have been drawn.
Rhonda Y. Williams Associate Professor of Women's Studies and History Case Western Reserve University, 2004
7
Under Siege: Poverty and Crime in a Public Housing Community
This work describes the devastating consequences of living in a public housing community damaged by the disappearance of manufacturing jobs, government cutbacks, and other structural transformations that plague the USA and Canada.
Walter S. DeKeseredy, 2003
8
Innovative Public Housing
Whoever thinks that social housing has to mean bland has never seen thennovative designs laid out on these pages.
Carles Broto, 2005
9
From Public Housing to the Social Market
This work presents a conceptual framework to allow a critical study of comparative rental markets.
J Kemeny, 2002
10
Driven from New Orleans: How Nonprofits Betray Public ...
John Arena—a longtime community and labor activist in New Orleans—explores this drastic change in Driven from New Orleans, exposing the social disaster visited on the city's black urban poor long before the natural disaster of Katrina ...
John Arena, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUBLIC HOUSING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term public housing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
HUD Lets 25000 Families Earning Too Much Live In Public Housing
Officials at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development let more than 25,000 families who earned too much to qualify for public housing, an error ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
2
NYCHA: Some public housing land could be sold
During a Monday afternoon hearing, City Councilman Ritchie Torres asked a top public housing official whether he could ensure there would be “absolutely no ... «Capital New York, Jun 15»
3
Chapel Hill to bring free Internet to public housing
The program will roll out to eight of the town's 13 public housing neighborhoods by the end of the year, bringing AT&T U-verse connections with speeds of up to ... «WRAL.com, May 15»
4
HUD hints at takeover of Buffalo public housing
HUD maintains that long waits for residents seeking public housing are unacceptable “while nearly 600 units of public housing sit vacant and/or deteriorating” ... «Buffalo News, Apr 15»
5
Can New York Police Build Trust Among Public Housing Residents?
In New York City, the police department has been re-examining the way it patrols public housing since the shooting of Akai Gurley late last year. Gurley, who ... «NPR, Mar 15»
6
Improving Housing Can Pay Dividends In Better Health
Across the bay in San Francisco, another mother, Uzuri Pease-Greene, shares a two-bedroom apartment in a public housing complex with her husband, two ... «NPR, Mar 15»
7
People With Low Incomes Say They Pay A Price In Poor Health
She rents a small two-bedroom apartment with her husband, two daughters and a grandchild in a public housing complex in San Francisco. When something ... «NPR, Mar 15»
8
More than $13 million announced for repairs to public housing in …
City leaders said the money will be used to help build, repair, renovate and modernize public housing communities, including large-scale improvements such as ... «WDSU New Orleans, Feb 15»
9
An Exhibit Offers A Different Angle On Life In Public Housing
Life in public housing sometimes can be difficult, but it's also a lot like life anywhere — made up mostly of work, school, family and friends. Still, many who don't ... «NPR, Jan 15»
10
Google to provide free Internet service to public housing developments
Google Inc. officials said Thursday the company would provide high-speed Internet service to public housing developments in the Austin area that meet certain ... «Austin Business Journal, Nov 14»

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