rehouse

[ree-houz]

verb (used with object)

rehoused, rehousing 

1. to house again.

2. to provide with new or different housing.

   civic programs to rehouse people living in condemned buildings.

rehouse

/ riːˈhaʊz /

verb

1. to accommodate (someone or something) in a new house or building

Word History and Origins

Origin of rehouse¹

First recorded in 1810–20; re- + house

Example Sentences

But with no other local authority in Scotland or the north of England willing to rehouse her, she eventually settled in Lower Bridge Street, a stone's throw away from her old stomping ground.

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Arrangements were being made to rehouse Ms Akter, but she was killed on 6 April, two days before she was due to move, the jury was told.

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"I would be hoping that Clanmil would obviously be able to rehouse me, because where else am I supposed to go with me and my children. There is nowhere for us to go."

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"It isn't just a roof over your head, it's trained support workers who can do therapeutic work with children, help with rehousing - it's planning a new life."

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Patients with serious psychiatric conditions may have to be temporarily rehoused while extensive repairs are carried out at the Acute Mental Health Inpatient centre in Belfast.

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