(in the UK) money given by the government to people who do not earn much, to help them pay for a place to live in （英国）住房补贴 to be eligible for housing benefit 有资格获得住房福利 to be on housing benefit 受益于住房 to claim housing benefit 申请住房补助 I received housing benefit when I was unemployed. 失业期间我领到了住房补助。