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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public housing

Such moments of everyday intimacy, sisterhood and friendship are absent from mainstream representations of East L.A., public housing projects and brown neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Technically, $700,000 would have been enough to buy public housing, but to keep the unit, I’d have to live there for a minimum of five years before I could rent it out.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Other announcements included a pledge to reindustrialise Britain through public procurement and to build more public housing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Burnham could potentially attempt to borrow to fund more public housing, but he would have to ensure this was consistent with the fiscal rules he has also said he will retain.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

When she moved from public housing to a three-bedroom home in a suburban area in the Northwood section of town, she was trying to create more distance between her and the city’s imploding center.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore