poor ‧ house /ˈpɔːhaʊs $ ˈpʊr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . the state of not having any money:
If Jimmy keeps spending like this, he’s going to end up in the poorhouse.
2 . a building where very poor people in the past could live and be fed, which was paid for with public money SYN workhouse