housing association

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

Andain's housing association told us that a managing agent, appointed by a freeholder, sets the service charge and it had challenged increases and requested justifications.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

In the same year, he also received notification that the housing association had underestimated the previous year's service charge, and he and other homeowners received an extra bill for more than £2,000.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

In outline, her plan would work like this: the government gives a council or housing association an average of £80,000 to buy and do up a property.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 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