low-income housing

noun

: housing for people who have low incomes

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Finally, the opinion asserts that the city concentrates poverty by prioritizing construction of new low-income housing in low resource areas. Heidi Vonblum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026 The town relies on donations, Texeira said; the town’s low-income housing and subsidized housing for the elderly are not sufficient. Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026 Mensah grew up in extreme poverty, living with his mother Naomi and three siblings in low-income housing and relying on food stamps and church food banks. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026 These require developers to construct low-income housing in addition to their normal housing. Judge Glock, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for low-income housing

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“Low-income housing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-income%20housing. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.

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