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housing association

British

noun

social welfare (in Britain) a non-profit-making body whose purpose is to build, convert, or improve houses for letting at fair rents

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Sugar's housing association said it understood her concerns about rising costs, and would contact her to provide clarity on charges.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Grainia Long said it "would be for each individual housing association to decide themselves how much private finance can they borrow, how much risk can they take on".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

At Dinas, a few miles outside Caernarfon, Gwynedd, the Adra housing association is putting up 30 new homes.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

Built for a housing association, it was known to taxi drivers as the sardine can, and both architects and their families took flats there.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

The restaurant is operated as the Workers' Cooperative Restaurant, Inc., and the housing association as the Finnish Homebuilders' Association, Inc.

From Consumers' Cooperative Societies in New York State by Consumers' League of New York, The

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