public housing

American  

noun

1. housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to people with low incomes.

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Etymology

Origin of public housing

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

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public housing

The two dissenters, the Council’s two Black members, said their constituents in public housing worry about crime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The 42-year-old received a public housing flat in compensation, but told AFP she will miss the village where neighbours are like family.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

It takes us to places like Estrada Courts, the public housing project in Boyle Heights where my dad first lived when he came to L.A. from Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Participants either live in public housing or receive government assistance for housing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

The Housing Authority was headed by a former cotton mill executive named Carvie Oldham, who ran public housing with the same autocratic and ruthless style that had marked his tenure in the mill.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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