rehouse

Move to new quarters

To rehouse is to move people from one dwelling to another, typically when authorities relocate residents from substandard or demolished housing to new accommodations: Thousands of families were rehoused after the flood.

The term appears most often in British English and in discussions of urban renewal or disaster response.

displacement

eviction

Forced departure from rental

displaced · expulsion · dislocation · clearance · demolition · condemned · gentrification · redlining · expropriation · destitute

relocation

transfer

Move between locations

move · transition · relocate · decant

shelter

accommodation

Shelter or housing provided

lodging · quarters · hostel · refuge

resettlement

integration

Combining into a whole

orientation · inclusion · newcomer · caseworker · welfare · benefits · voucher · allocation

reconstruction

renovation

Restoring to good condition

rehabilitation · modernization · refurbishment · post-disaster · reconstruction · rebuild · repair · restoration · retrofit · upgrade

Opposites
housing provision

rehouseevict

Remove from property legally

displace · dispossess · expel · turn out · uproot

Family

warehouse, rehousing, rehoused, rehouses

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