house poor

adjective

In financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.

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Meanings

adjective

alternative house-poor

  1. idiomaticIn financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.
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APA

house poor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20poor

MLA

“house poor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20poor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house poor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20poor.

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