substandard housing

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• housing — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ affordable, cheap, good, low cost, low income (esp. AmE) ▪ They provide good low cost housing for workers. ▪ subsidized (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

• housing — n. council (BE), public (AE); fair (AE), open (AE); low cost, low income; off campus; student; subsidized; substandard housing * * * [ haʊzɪŋ] low cost low income off campus student subsidized substandard housing fair (AE) …   Combinatory dictionary

• substandard — /sub stan deuhrd/, adj. 1. below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions. 2. noting or pertaining to a dialect or variety of a language or a feature of usage that is often considered by others to mark its user as… …   Universalium

• substandard — adjective Date: 1897 deviating from or falling short of a standard or norm: as a. of a quality lower than that prescribed by law < substandard housing > b. conforming to a pattern of linguistic usage existing within a speech community but not… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• substandard — sub|stan|dard [ˌsʌbˈstændəd US ərd] adj not as good as the average, and not acceptable →↑non standard, standard ↑standard ▪ substandard housing …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• substandard — adjective not as good as the average, and not acceptable: substandard housing compare non­standard, standard 1 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• 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

• substandard — adj. Substandard is used with these nouns: ↑accommodation, ↑housing …   Collocations dictionary

• substandard — sub|stan|dard [ ,sʌb stændərd ] adjective not as good as you would normally expect, or not good enough to be accepted: substandard work/products/housing …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• substandard — UK [ˌsʌbˈstændə(r)d] / US [ˌsʌbˈstændərd] adjective not as good as you would normally expect, or not good enough to be accepted substandard work/products/housing …   English dictionary

• Section 8 (housing) — This article covers the HUD subsidized housing program. For other meanings of the term Section 8, see Section 8. The Housing Choice Voucher Program is a type of Federal assistance provided by the United States Department of Housing and Urban… …   Wikipedia