housingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/us/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/C1 buildings for people to live in:
There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.
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- The city is building new housing for the elderly.
- There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.
- My main concern about moving to London is the cost of housing.
- There's very little moderately priced housing in this area.
- They opened a shelter to provide temporary housing for the city's homeless.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flatlet
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- rest home
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
- yurt
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