social housing
noun
British
: houses or apartments that are made available to be rented at a low cost by poor people
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Yet in places where the population is shrinking, which are some of the same cities and towns where developers expanded most aggressively, there will be little need for social housing projects.
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Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 24 May 2024
Other points in the agreement include increasing social housing, stricter sentences for serious crimes and capping property taxes.
—TIME, 16 May 2024
Recently, California passed the Stable Affordable Housing Act (S.B. 555), the first state social housing legislation nationwide and Senator Nancy Skinner introduced a new bill to prohibit investment entities from purchasing, acquiringor leasing a single-family home.
—Gabriela Sandoval, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
In a city in the south of France, a social housing development project broke ground — then unearthed pieces of history.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
This will become 2,800 homes, some of which will be social housing, when the 14,500 Olympic athletes and staff, and then 9,000 Paralympians, have left.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
There should be more housing owned directly by the city, county, or state, as well as more land trust housing, cooperative housing, and other forms of social housing.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2024
That includes about $127 million in aid to develop roads in the capital Male and build 30,000 social housing units, according to a news release from the president’s office.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
The nearby stock of dilapidated social housing is being revamped.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 24 May 2024
Other points in the agreement include increasing social housing, stricter sentences for serious crimes and capping property taxes.
—TIME, 16 May 2024
Recently, California passed the Stable Affordable Housing Act (S.B. 555), the first state social housing legislation nationwide and Senator Nancy Skinner introduced a new bill to prohibit investment entities from purchasing, acquiringor leasing a single-family home.
—Gabriela Sandoval, The Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2024
In a city in the south of France, a social housing development project broke ground — then unearthed pieces of history.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
This will become 2,800 homes, some of which will be social housing, when the 14,500 Olympic athletes and staff, and then 9,000 Paralympians, have left.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
There should be more housing owned directly by the city, county, or state, as well as more land trust housing, cooperative housing, and other forms of social housing.
—Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2024
That includes about $127 million in aid to develop roads in the capital Male and build 30,000 social housing units, according to a news release from the president’s office.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
The nearby stock of dilapidated social housing is being revamped.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
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