social housing
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social housing
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Rental housing owned and managed by the government, non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, with the aim of providing affordable housing, often focusing on disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social-security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.
Similar: public housing, subsidized housing, housing project
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noun affordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
| 日本語 | 公営住宅 kōei jūtaku |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 公共房屋 gōnggòng fángwū, 公房 gōngfáng |
| Français | logement social |
| Deutsch | Sozialwohnung |
| Русский | социа́льное жильё sociálʹnoje žilʹjó, обще́ственное жильё obščéstvennoje žilʹjó |
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@misc{social_housing_2026,
title = {social housing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/social%20housing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
