affordable housing

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see affordable, housing.

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nounaffordable housing (uncountable)
  1. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see affordable, housing.
  2. USuncountableHousing for people whose income is a certain percentage below the median income for an area, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

    Such plans incorporate a range of public housing units, market rate dwelling units, and affordable housing units with shallower subsidies than those available for public housing units, financed by a variety of mechanisms in addition to the federal HOPE VI grant.

    2016, Nestor M. Davidson, Robin Paul Malloy, Affordable Housing and Public-Private Partnerships, page 232
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