social housing

social housing

English

Noun

social housing (uncountable)

1. 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.

Translations

affordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: sosiaalinen asuminen French: logement social m

German: Sozialwohnungen (de) f pl Irish: tithíocht shóisialta f Russian: социа́льное жильё n (sociálʹnoje žilʹjó)

See also

• public housing