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Meaning of "social housing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOCIAL HOUSING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOCIAL HOUSING

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Social housing is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SOCIAL HOUSING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

social 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 social housing in the English dictionary

The definition of social housing in the dictionary is accommodation provided by the state for renting.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOCIAL HOUSING

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Social Insurance Number
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SOCIAL HOUSING

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «social housing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOCIAL HOUSING

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

Translator English - Chinese

社会住房
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vivienda social
570 millions of speakers

English

social housing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामाजिक आवास
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

السكن الاجتماعي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

социальное жилье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

habitação social
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামাজিক হাউজিং
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le logement social
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perumahan sosial
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sozialwohnungen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

社会住宅
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사회 주택
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Omah sosial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà ở xã hội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமூக வீடுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामाजिक गृहनिर्माण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

toplu Konut
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

edilizia sociale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mieszkań socjalnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

соціальне житло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

locuințe sociale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινωνική στέγαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sosiale behuising
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

socialt boende
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boligsosiale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of social housing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIAL HOUSING»

The term «social housing» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOCIAL HOUSING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «social housing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «social 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 social housing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOCIAL HOUSING»

Discover the use of social housing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to social housing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Introduction to Social Housing
Wide ranging in scope, this book is a comprehensive introduction to fundamental issues in housing, for students taking courses as diverse as urban geography and construction.
Paul Reeves, 1996
2
The Architecture of Affordable Housing
Architect Sam Davis contends that a country of wealth that cannot provide sound housing for those in need is a national embarrassment.
Sam Davis, 1997
3
Social Housing in Transition Countries
This volume intends to fill the gap in the range of publications about the post-transition social housing policy developments in Central and Eastern Europe by delivering critical evaluations about the past two decades of developments in ...
J Zsef Heged?'s, Nóra Teller, Martin Lux, 2012
4
Social Housing in Ireland: A Study of Success, Failure, and ...
This study explores the living conditions and quality of life in seven urban local authority housing estates in Ireland.
Tony Fahey, 1999
5
Best Practice Partnering in Social Housing Development
Best practice partnering in social housing development provides a seven-step model for developing new supply chain relationships and describes how best to approach and manage sustainable partnerships.
Martyn Jones, Vic O'Brien, 2003
6
Financial Viability of the Social Housing Sector: ...
The Department expects the Programme to support the provision of approximately 80,000 homes in the four years from April 2011 to March 2015.
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, 2012
7
Management of Privatised Social Housing: International ...
Legislation to address this is not adequate and public managers are still hampered by the bureaucratic mechanisms within their organisations, while the new owners are not used to their responsibilities for maintenance.
Vincent Gruis, Sasha Tsenkova, N. Nieboer, 2009
8
Regulating social housing: governing decline
This book is concerned with subsidised and low-cost housing, not necessarily provided by the state but which the state seeks to control, regulate or license.
David Cowan, David S. Cowan, Morag McDermont, 2006
9
Partnering in the Social Housing Sector: A Handbook
This handbook has been produced by the European Construction Institute (ECI) to provide the social housing sector with a step-by-step guide to implementing partnering agreements on both additions to, and refurbishment of, their housing ...
R. K. Loraine, Ivor Williams, 2000
10
Choice And the End of Social Housing
Peter King shows how the arguments in favour of central and local government control of so-called social housing do not stand up to close scrutiny.
Peter King, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOCIAL HOUSING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term social housing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Councils call to retain extra income from social housing rents
Town hall chiefs are calling for councils to be allowed to retain the extra revenue generated from increasing the rent of higher income earners living in social ... «LocalGov, Jul 15»
2
Funding for social housing 'insignificant'
Homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry has described today's funding announcement for local authorities to build social housing, as "insignificant". «RTE.ie, May 15»
3
First regions chosen in social housing shake-up
Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett believes the two regions have "stable demand" for social housing, and active CHPs "keen to consider the next steps". «3News NZ, May 15»
4
Social housing disagreement in Dublin
It comes as close to 1000 children were homeless in Dublin at the end of last month. At the end March, 911 children and their families were in emergency ... «BreakingNews.ie, Apr 15»
5
Government announces €1.5bn social housing plan
The Government has announced housing targets for every local authority area in the country for the period to 2017, with the intention of cutting the social ... «RTE.ie, Apr 15»
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Business may be key to social housing: Developers
The Government might have to involve business to get its social housing plans off the ground, property developers say. The Salvation Army has pulled out of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
7
PCs want social housing group reined in
Social housing providers, now mandated under provincial law to purchase natural gas and insurance from the HSC or pay it a 2.5% premium to buy elsewhere, ... «Toronto Sun, Mar 15»
8
The social housing giveaway will push needy families into homes …
The Tories just don't like social housing or the people who live in it. Following a raft of welfare reforms, many aimed directly or indirectly at reducing the living ... «Left Foot Forward, Feb 15»
9
Social housing gets funding boost
The Prime Minister has detailed the Government's plans to share the responsibility of social housing among community providers and Housing New Zealand. «3News NZ, Jan 15»
10
Welsh Labour Wants To End Right To Buy For Social Housing
The Welsh part of the Labour Party has announced that it would like to bring to an end the right to buy that tenants in social housing have. The one slight fly in ... «Forbes, Jan 15»

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