noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ affordable , cheap , good , low-cost , low-income ( esp. AmE )
▪
They provide good low-cost ~ for workers.
▪ subsidized ( esp. AmE ), supported ( BrE )
▪ decent , good
▪ adequate
▪ bad ( esp. BrE ), inadequate , poor ( esp. BrE ), substandard ( esp. AmE )
▪
Many health problems are made worse by inadequate ~.
▪ permanent , temporary
▪ council ( BrE ), local-authority ( BrE ), public ( esp. AmE ), public-sector ( BrE ), social ( esp. BrE )
▪
Public expenditure on social ~ provision has doubled in the last five years.
▪ private
▪ rental ( AmE ), rented ( BrE )
▪ student
▪ sheltered ( BrE )
▪
sheltered ~ for old people
▪ high-rise , terraced ( BrE )
▪
The area is dominated by terraced ~.
▪ rural , urban
VERB + HOUSING
▪ build , provide
HOUSING + NOUN
▪ association ( BrE ), authority , committee ( BrE ), department , office
▪ conditions
▪ complex , development , estate ( BrE ), programme/program , project ( AmE ), scheme ( BrE ), unit
▪
Many new ~ developments had sprung up around the city.
▪ construction
▪ provision ( esp. BrE )
▪ stock
▪ market
▪ prices
▪ crisis , shortage
▪ boom , bubble
▪
What happens when the ~ boom finally slows?
▪ allowance , assistance , benefit ( BrE ), subsidy ( esp. AmE ), voucher ( AmE )
▪
She receives a substantial ~ allowance on top of her salary.
▪
I received ~ benefit when I was unemployed.
PREPOSITION
▪ in … ~
▪
Too many families are still living in substandard ~.