public housing

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of public housing¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Most were in public housing or emergency shelters, but about 800 were considered "on the street".

From BBC

After making an application to public housing authorities, almost 15 were able to move into the same complex, where they've now lived for five years.

From BBC

But they set into motion the type of sprawling single-family home building mind-set that, combined with Red Scare tactics to demonize public housing, contributed to the conditions that led to today’s housing and homeless crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

Authorities had pushed out most of the 1,800 families who lived in the Mexican American neighborhoods of Chavez Ravine to build a public housing project called Elysian Park Heights to house 17,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times

It was launched in the 1970s by the federal government as an alternative to public housing projects, which were criticized for segregating poor families in neighborhoods with low-quality schools and other substandard services.

From Los Angeles Times