public housing

noun
🔊/ˌpʌblɪk ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
🔊/ˌpʌblɪk ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
[uncountable]
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  1. (in the US) houses and flats that are built by the government for people who do not have enough money to pay for private accommodation(美国政府为低收入者修建的)公共住房
    • Public housing is limited to low-income families and individuals.公共住房只提供给低收入家庭和个人。
    • There has been massive investment in public housing.已经在公屋项目上投入巨资。
    compare social housingTopics Houses and homesc1, Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPublic housing is used before these nouns:
    • tenant
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