housing shortage

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• housing shortage — lack of available dwelling places …   English contemporary dictionary

• shortage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, chronic, critical, desperate, dire, serious, severe ▪ the current acute shortage of teachers ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• shortage — short|age [ˈʃo:tıdʒ US ˈʃo:r ] n [U and C] a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need shortage of ▪ a shortage of skilled labour ▪ There is no shortage of funds. water/food/housing etc shortage ▪ efforts to solve the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• housing */*/*/ — UK [ˈhaʊzɪŋ] / US noun Word forms housing : singular housing plural housings 1) [uncountable] buildings for people to live in Land had to be found for new housing. There is a shortage of affordable housing. a) the job or activity of providing… …   English dictionary

• housing — hous|ing [ hauzıŋ ] noun uncount *** buildings for people to live in: Land had to be found for new housing. There is a shortage of affordable housing. a. the job or activity of providing houses for people: He works in housing. an integrated… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Housing Act of 1949 — Sprawling public housing projects like Chicago s Cabrini–Green were one result of the Housing Act of 1949. The American Housing Act of 1949 (Title V of P.L. 81 171) was a landmark, sweeping expansion of the federal role in mortgage insurance and… …   Wikipedia

• housing — Before 1949 housing was largely owned by private individuals or families. After the establishment of Mao’s socialist regime, however, almost all residential structures in the cities were nationalized. Each housing unit was divided into several… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

• Housing and Commerce Bank — The Housing and Commerce Bank was founded on 1994 01 01 under the name Housing Bank of Eritrea. It s original mission was to provide services to mitigate the acute housing shortage after the Eritrean War for Independence. The name was changed in… …   Wikipedia

• housing*/ — [ˈhaʊzɪŋ] noun [U] buildings for people to live in Land had to be found for new housing.[/ex] a housing shortage[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• shortage — short‧age [ˈʆɔːtɪdʒ ǁ ˈʆɔːr ] noun [countable, uncountable] a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need or want: • We suffer from a labor shortage. • The real estate developer is facing an acute cash shortage. shortage… …   Financial and business terms

• Shortage economy — (Polish: gospodarka niedoboru , Hungarian: hiánygazdaság ) is a term coined by the Hungarian economist, János Kornai. This is a term he used to criticize the old centrally planned economies of the communist states of Eastern Europe. In his… …   Wikipedia