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council housing — in the UK, housing funded by local government with help from central government. Started in 1919 to provide for low paid workers and their families when forced to move due to slum clearance or when housing shortages forced prices out of reach.… … Geography glossary
Housing association — Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not for profit bodies that provide low cost social housing for people in housing need. Any trading surplus is used to maintain existing homes and to help finance new ones. They are now… … Wikipedia
Housing Action Trust — Housing Action Trusts (HAT) are non departmental public bodies, which were set up to redevelop some of the poorest council housing estates in Britain s inner city suburbs.Six Housing Action Trusts were established under the Housing Act of 1988.… … Wikipedia
Council house — For other uses, see Council house (disambiguation). Council houses at Hackenthorpe, South Yorkshire A council house, otherwise known as a local authority house, is a form of public or social housing. The term is used primarily in the United… … Wikipedia
Housing Act 1980 — The Housing Act 1980 was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom that gave five million council house tenants in England and Wales the Right to Buy their house from their local authority. The Act came into force on the … Wikipedia
Housing cooperative — Not to be confused with building cooperative. 999 N. Lake Shore Drive, a coop owned residential building in Chicago, Illinois, United States … Wikipedia
council — [[t]ka͟ʊns(ə)l[/t]] ♦ councils 1) N COUNT COLL: oft in names after n A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county. ...Cheshire County Council... The city council has voted almost… … English dictionary
council — I. noun Etymology: Middle English counceil, from Anglo French cunseil, cuncile, from Latin concilium, from com + calare to call more at low Date: 12th century 1. an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion 2. a group elected or … New Collegiate Dictionary
council estate — noun A housing estate consisting, entirely or principally, of council housing … Wiktionary
Housing Benefit — is a means tested social security benefit in the UK that is intended to help meet Housing costs for rented accommodation. The primary legislation governing Housing Benefit is the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.[1]… … Wikipedia
Council Bluffs, Iowa — Historical: Kanesville, Iowa City … Wikipedia
