HOUSING

[noun] [U]The government has promised to provide cheap housing (= houses) for poor people.In this neighbourhood, there are a lot of families who live in (UK) council/(US and ANZ) public housing (= houses or apartments provided by the government).(esp. UK) These flats belong to a housing association (= a group of people who join together so that they can build or buy houses or apartments at low cost).(UK) A housing estate (also estate, US housing development, US also and ANZ subdivision) is an area containing a large number of houses or apartments built close together at the same time:They live on a housing estate.We don't like living in a housing development.(US) A housing project (also project) is a group of houses or apartments, usually provided by the government for families who have low incomes.