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• housing —    Housing in Britain has increasingly been dominated by one type, the owner occupied, single family dwelling in a suburb, in marked contrast to practice elsewhere in Europe. It is not however the only form of British housing, and emphasizing it… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• Housing at the University of California, Berkeley — consists of student housing facilities run by the office of Residential and Student Service Programs. Housing is also offered by off campus entities such as fraternities and sororities, and cooperatives (see See Also section). Contents 1 UCB… …   Wikipedia

• Housing at the University of Chicago — includes 10 residence halls that are divided into 35 houses. Each house has an average of 70 students.[1] Freshmen must live on campus, and housing is guaranteed but not required thereafter.[2] The University operates 28 apartment buildings near… …   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

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• block association — n. an association of residents of a small neighborhood, as a city block, formed for assisting one another, improving housing and living conditions, etc …   English World dictionary

• Housing estate — A housing estate is a group of buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Accordingly, a housing estate is usually built by a single contractor, with only a few styles of house or building… …   Wikipedia

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• Housing Commission of Victoria — The Housing Commission of Victoria (colloquially known as the Housing Commission) was a State Government body responsible for public housing in Victoria, Australia. Responsible to the Victorian Minister for Housing it was established in 1938 and… …   Wikipedia

• Block grant — In a federal system of government, a block grant is a large sum of money granted by the national government to a regional government with only general provisions as to the way it is to be spent. This can be contrasted with a categorical grant… …   Wikipedia

• block and tackle — noun a) A system of two or more pulleys (the tackles) each enclosed by a housing (the block) with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift or pull heavy loads. b) human male external genitalia …   Wiktionary