Meanings
- UKuncountableRental housing owned and managed by the government, non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, with the aim of providing affordable housing, often focusing on disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social-security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.
Synonyms: public housing, subsidized housing, housing project
Synonyms & antonyms
nounRental housing owned and managed by the government, non-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, with the aim of providing affordable housing, often focusing on disadvantaged groups such as low-income earners, social-security recipients, the elderly and people with disabilities.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 公共房屋, 公房
- 公共房屋 (gōnggòng fángwū)affordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- 公房 (gōngfáng)affordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Danish socialt boligbyggeri
- socialt boligbyggeriaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Finnish sosiaalinen asuminen
- sosiaalinen asuminenaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
French logement social
- logement socialaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
German Sozialwohnung
- Sozialwohnungaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Hungarian támogatott, szociális
- támogatottaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- szociálisaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- államiaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- közcélú lakhatásaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- lakásaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- (állami) bérlakás / bérház / lakástámogatásaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Indonesian perumahan umum
- perumahan umumaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Irish tithíocht phoiblí, tithíocht shóisialta
- tithíocht phoiblíaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- tithíocht shóisialtaaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Japanese 公営住宅
- 公営住宅 (kōei jūtaku)affordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Polish mieszkanie socjalne, lokal socjalny
- mieszkanie socjalneaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- lokal socjalnyaffordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Russian социа́льное жильё, обще́ственное жильё
- социа́льное жильё (sociálʹnoje žilʹjó)affordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
- обще́ственное жильё (obščéstvennoje žilʹjó)affordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations
Cite this entry
social housing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20housing
“social housing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20housing. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “social housing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/social%20housing.
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