municipal housing
Government-owned residences locally
Municipal housing is residential property owned and operated by a local government, typically rented at below-market rates to lower-income residents.
The term is more common in British English; Americans usually say public housing or housing projects.
The city built municipal housing on the old factory site.
- tenant rightsLessee's legal entitlements
- low riseFew floors only
- tower blockTall residential building
- projectPlanned, effortful task
- subsidizedOffset by external funding
low-income · zoning laws · building codes · subsidy programs · city council · Section 8 · government grants · green spaces · public park · common area · neighborhood revitalization · infrastructure planning · property taxes · financial aid programs · community centers · urban renewal projects · balcony · move-in day
- public housingcouncil estates, council flats, Section 8, council estate, council flat
- UK Housingcouncil houses, Victorian terrace, council flats, council estates, terraced houses
municipal housingprivate ownership
Individual control of assets
private property · homeownership · condominium · commercial real estate
municipal housinggated communities
Enclosed neighborhoods with controlled access