Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Social housing is an umbrella term referring to rental housing which may be owned and managed by the state, by not-for-profit organizations, or by a combination of the two, usually with the aim of providing affordable housing.
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Noun 1. a housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families (synonym) housing project (hypernym) housing development