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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Today, they are bound for Villa Fontana in the suburb of Tlajomulco, a social housing project which lies 20 minutes south of Guadalajara in a low-income neighbourhood.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Mamdani has expressed his desire for a social housing system like in Vienna or Singapore.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
And there’s Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Homes Act, which would create a federal housing developer for social housing, repeal the Faircloth Act, and put more money into NYCHA.
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Clio Chang,
Curbed,
2 June 2026
Policy experts would call it public housing or social housing.
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Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
Mamdani has expressed his desire for a social housing system like in Vienna or Singapore.
—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
And there’s Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Homes Act, which would create a federal housing developer for social housing, repeal the Faircloth Act, and put more money into NYCHA.
—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
2 June 2026
Policy experts would call it public housing or social housing.
—
Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for social housing
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“Social housing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20housing. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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