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

Those were the last words Mr Chung said to his wife after a huge fire broke out in their high rise public housing complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district.

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Murphy’s extravagant abode is a far cry from his very humble upbringing in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he was raised in public housing by his telephone operator mother, Lillian Laney, and police officer dad, Charles Murphy.

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She’s got plenty of ideas about how to spend the tax revenue, from free day care to more public housing.

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Raymond Turner, a 29-year-old who grew up in public housing, aims to build a vertically integrated cannabis company and a real-estate empire that will repair run-down houses for rent or sale.

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The company has occasionally put workers up in hotels while connecting them with public housing.

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