open housing

American  

noun

1. the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.

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Other Word Forms

• open-housing
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of open housing

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70

Example Sentences

There’s no count available for the number of structures that have burned or the number of people who have evacuated, but officials said there were four shelters open housing 2,100 people.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

In 2021, two-thirds of open housing beds were filled through this secondary process rather than Coordinated Entry.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023

It will also open housing to “those who must be on campus to progress academically” and certain others in need.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2020

As a member of the Gary City Council, he helped pass an open housing law to end the practice that forced blacks to live primarily in the city’s midtown section because of restrictive property covenants.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2019

Yet not until his last years in office, beginning with his open housing campaign in 1967, did McNamara, who had always championed the stand of Adam Yarmolinsky and the rest, become a strong participant.

From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.