social housing

English

Noun

social housing (uncountable)

1. (UK) Rental 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

Translations

affordable housing provided by public authorities or non-profit organizations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公共房屋 (gōnggòng fángwū), 公房 (zh) (gōngfáng)

• Danish: socialt boligbyggeri n
• Finnish: sosiaalinen asuminen
• French: logement social (fr) m
• German: Sozialwohnungen (de) f pl, Sozialwohnung (de) f, sozialer Wohnungsbau m
• Hungarian: támogatott / szociális / állami / közcélú lakhatás / lakás, (állami (hu)) bérlakás (hu) / bérház (hu) / lakástámogatás
• Irish: tithíocht phoiblí f, tithíocht shóisialta f
• Japanese: 公営住宅 (こうえいじゅうたく, kōei jūtaku)
• Polish: mieszkania socjalne n
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: социа́льное жильё n (sociálʹnoje žilʹjó), обще́ственное жильё n (obščéstvennoje žilʹjó)

See also

• affordable housing