Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

social housing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables
so-cial -hous-ing
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

British usage; Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

affordable housing

Frequently Paired Words

affordable housing

Synonyms

public housing subsidized housing housing project

Questions

What does social housing mean?
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.

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