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sheltered housing

British

noun

Also called: sheltered accommodation. sheltered homes. accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker

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Councils across the UK can borrow money from banks or from the government to fund improvements in their areas - from building new schools to maintaining roads and providing sheltered housing.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2025

The Abbeyfield Society, which runs the sheltered housing site, wrote in a letter to residents that the remains were "estimated to have been there many, many years".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024

It is now a sheltered housing site, with a mixture of rooms, flats and bungalows, for people over the age of 55.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2024

The court heard Ansbro and Mrs Collinson - a grandmother-of-nine - lived at Dunelm Court, a sheltered housing accommodation in Barnard Castle for people over 60 and over-55s with disabilities.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023

Many of these residents are vulnerable, living in supported or sheltered housing.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022

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