social housing
noun
British
: houses or apartments that are made available to be rented at a low cost by poor people
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Reese Ricci Armstrong — nonprofit unionist campaigning on social housing and Central Health expansion.
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Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
Le Corbusier’s working class housing complex, Cité Radieuse, which was part of the architect’s social housing habitat Unité d’Habitation, is often referred to as the catalyst for the style.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 2 Mar. 2026
Cities like Seattle, which recently voted to fund a social housing developer, are choosing differently, and that gives me hope.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The 20-hectare (49-acre) project will deliver 100,000 square meters (more than 1 million square feet) of housing — about half social housing under city rules adopted in 2019 — along with parks and public space covering roughly half the site.
—Colleen Barry, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
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Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
Le Corbusier’s working class housing complex, Cité Radieuse, which was part of the architect’s social housing habitat Unité d’Habitation, is often referred to as the catalyst for the style.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 2 Mar. 2026
Cities like Seattle, which recently voted to fund a social housing developer, are choosing differently, and that gives me hope.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The 20-hectare (49-acre) project will deliver 100,000 square meters (more than 1 million square feet) of housing — about half social housing under city rules adopted in 2019 — along with parks and public space covering roughly half the site.
—Colleen Barry, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Social housing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20housing. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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