open housing

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• open-housing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of open housing¹

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.

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One was unsanctioned and tried to fill an open housing unit as fast as possible.

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

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Open housing units are announced before daily “case conferencing meetings,” in which any case manager or outreach worker can nominate someone who needs it.

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For Hilton, any sort of open housing unit can’t come soon enough.

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