housing commission
Government shelter agency
A housing commission is a government body that manages public housing—residential properties built and maintained with public funds for low-income residents.
Common in Australia, where housing commission often refers both to the agency and to the housing itself: They grew up in housing commission flats.
The term carries class connotations, sometimes used dismissively to suggest poverty or rough circumstances.
- council estateGovernment-subsidized residential development
- tenantsProperty renters
- flatsDwellings or low shoes
- tower blockTall residential building
- high riseMultistory urban building
waiting list · rent subsidy · rent control · estate · allocation · low-income · income support · brick · balconies · laundry · neighbors · applications · welfare · concrete · stairwell · common area · community · public servant
housing commissionprivate ownership
Individual control of assets
luxury apartments · commercial real estate · gated communities · buy-to-let
housing commissionluxury apartments
Expensive, well-appointed residences
gated communities · penthouse suites · mansion · McMansions · investment properties
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