Housing

Definition: Housing

Housing

Noun

1. Housing structures collectively; structures in which people are housed.

2. A protective cover designed to contain or support a mechanical component.

3. Stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "housing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Computing

Finance

Mechanical Engineering

Statistics

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Housing

Abode

Lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark.

Home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land.

Clothing

Cloak, pall, mantle, mantlet mantua, shawl, pelisse, wrapper; veil; cape, tippet, kirtle, plaid, muffler, comforter, haik, huke, chlamys, mantilla, tabard, housing, horse cloth, burnoose, burnous, roquelaure; houppelande; surcoat, overcoat, great coat; surtout, spencer; mackintosh, waterproof, raincoat; ulster, P-coat, dreadnought, wraprascal, poncho, cardinal, pelerine; barbe, chudder, jubbah, oilskins, pajamas, pilot jacket, talma

Covering

Coverlet, counterpane, sheet, quilt, tarpaulin, blanket, rug, drugget; housing; antimacassar, eiderdown, numdah, pillowcase, pillowslip; linoleum; saddle cloth, blanket cloth; tidy; tilpah, apishamore.

Crosswords: Housing

Unless of course they're putting up low-rent housing. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

I've just figured out how to solve all our housing problems (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird)

All fellow members of the Roman senate hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor (History of the World: Part I; writing credit: Mel Brooks)

Better Housing for British Columbia (1967)

Fintona Housing Discrimination (1953)

The Challenge of Housing (1946)

Housing Problems (1935)

Circular Panorama of Housing the Ice (1902)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Toshin Housing Company Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Touei Housing Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Housing & Commercial Bank, Korea: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Prince Housing Development Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Senior Housing Property Trust: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Rent arrears in public authority housing in Scotland (reference)

• Treasury, CBO, and GAO reports on FNMA, FHLMC, and the Federal Home Loan Bank System : hearings before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sec (reference)

• The Fair ATM Fees for Consumers Act, S. 1800 : hearing before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, on S. 1800, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit fees char (reference)

• Baba: The Werkbund Housing Estate Prague (reference)

• Abandonment of the private right of action for aiding and abetting securities fraud/staff report on private securities litigation : hearing before the Subcommittee on Securities of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate (reference)

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Periodicals

• Alliance Aids Housing News (reference)

• Housing Affairs Letter (reference)

• Affordable Housing Finance (reference)

• Journal Of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law (reference)

• Nada Manufactured Housing Appraisal Guide (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Dual - Trouble Adventure - Student Housing (Vol. 2) (reference)

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Music

• Dub Housing (reference)

• Home in Da Housing (reference)

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High Tech

• 2CM HOTSWAP FAN-WITH HOUSING (reference)

• Aiwa HP-X121 Hi-Fi Headphones with Large Housing (reference)

• Tripp Lite 6-Outlet 6' Cord Isotel 6 Ultra Strip with Telephone Cord/Metal Housing (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• JET 708739K/DC-1100 20" Housing Retro Kit with Housing (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shown is an office building housing a clinic obviously in the city. See artwork: GR-42. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Multiracial group of women and children in a housing project mobile clinic waiting for and receiving vaccinations. Scene contains a doctor and a nurse. Credit: CDC.

Housing for bubbler tide gauge with inspection party Installation by party off of WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The Mauna Loa Observatory with view of the dome housing Dobson ozone spectrophot ometer and air intake tower for atmospheric constituent measurements. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Vertical scanning radar antenna housing mounted on the tail. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

APS-20 and APN32 radar housing. Credit: Flying With NOAA.

The road down to the only existing housing at Mona Island leads to the staging and docking areas for the restoration workers. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Figure 64. Richard registering thermometer for use in great depths. This instrument recorded depths obtained by a bimetallic strip and was mounted in a water-tight caisson. Upper: registering device. Middle: recording paper. Bottom: water-tight caisson for protecting and housing the instrument. This instrument was first constructed between 1882 and 1891. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

This housing development pond was originally constructed to contain sediment and runoff during construction. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Chuck Leinen, NRCS engineer, talks with homeowners in Washington Co following completion of berm rehabilation needed to eliminate risk caused by flash flooding of creek directly behind housing development. Emergency Watershed Program provided the needed s. Credit: Bob Nichols.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

To what gross absurdities the following of custom, when reason has left it, may lead, we may be satisfied, when we see the bare name of a town, of which there remains not so much as the ruins, where scarce so much housing as a sheepcote, or more inhabitants than a shepherd is to be found, sends as many representatives to the grand assembly of law-makers, as a whole county numerous in people, and powerful in riches. (Second Treatise of Government)

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Restrict access to barns and laboratories used in housing potentially infected animals. (references)

Increased numbers of immigrants from countries with many cases of TB, many of whom live in crowded housing. (references)

Reduviid bugs, or "kissing bugs" live in cracks and holes of substandard housing found in South and Central America. (references)

Business

Mexico has a huge housing deficit. (references)

Housing is also in short supply, and often inadequate. (references)

Over 80 percent of housing in Greece are constructed of concrete. (references)

Children

Dominican Republic

In return for their work they are given basic housing. (references)

Swaziland

Supplemental money sometimes must be raised for building upkeep, including teachers' housing. (references)

Suriname

There are also no laws mandating that they be given equal consideration when seeking jobs or housing. (references)

Civil Liberties

Sweden

The police also raided a school suspected of housing violent activists. (references)

Rwanda

Thousands of persons still lived in inadequate housing not of their own choosing. (references)

Russia

Despite official promises, their status and permanent housing had yet to be resolved by year's end. (references)

Discrimination

Czech Republic

In practice Roma face discrimination in such areas as education, employment, and housing, and women face discrimination in employment. (references)

Saint Lucia

Neither the Constitution nor the law address discrimination specifically; however, government policy is nondiscriminatory in the areas of housing, jobs, education, and opportunity for advancement. (references)

Jordan

The law does not distinguish between citizens on the basis of race; however, women and minorities are treated differently under the law and face discrimination in employment, housing, and other areas. (references)

Economic History

Estonia

Housing privatization is moving relatively slowly. (references)

Canada

Retail sales and housing starts are expected to rise. (references)

Mexico

The Building Material market for the Housing Industry. (references)

Human Rights

Maldives

Prison conditions at the existing facility, including food and housing, generally are adequate. (references)

Croatia

Backlogs in the judicial system were a further impediment to timely resolution of housing disputes. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Housing authorities responsible for implementing property law were threatened or intimidated into resigning. (references)

Indigenous People

Sweden

Some Sami state that they face discrimination in housing and employment on an individual basis, particularly in the southern mountain regions. (references)

Australia

In 2001-02 the Government plans to spend approximately $1.2 billion (A$2.34 billion) on indigenous-specific programs in areas such as health, housing, education, and employment. (references)

Nicaragua

In return, the Government made a number of promises to the Miskitos including land to fighters who turned in their arms, support for housing for Yatama-affiliated families, agricultural credits, protection of traditional Amerindian fishing rights, and resolution of long-standing disputes over the boundaries of communal Miskito land. (references)

Minorities

Austria

Only 15 percent of citizens live in substandard housing. (references)

Netherlands

Immigrant groups face some discrimination in housing and employment. (references)

Czech Republic

Roma also face discrimination in housing and other areas of everyday life. (references)

Political Economy

FINLAND

This can be explained mainly by higher oil prices, but price increases in housing and the depreciation of the euro has also played a role. (references)

TURKEY

Most workers in Turkey receive nonwage benefits such as transportation and meal allowances, and some also receive housing or subsidized vacations. (references)

OMAN

Omanis working in the private sector enjoy a minimum wage of $260 per month in addition to a $60 per month housing allowance, and have a 6-day, 45-hour work week. (references)

Political Rights

Hong Kong

In June 2000 when the Legislative Council passed a no-confidence motion against two senior housing officials, the more senior of the two resigned. (references)

Jamaica

A ruling party Councilor was audiotaped telling squatters that a vote for the opposition would "seriously risk" their chance at securing legal housing. (references)

Singapore

For example, during the last two election campaigns, the Prime Minister and other senior government officials pointedly warned voters that precincts that elected opposition candidates would have the lowest priority in government plans to upgrade public housing facilities. (references)

Trade

Qatar

Other borrowers are merchants, housing sector, industry and individuals. (references)

Ecuador

Credit lines for housing development are available directly from the Ecuadorian Housing Bank. (references)

Eritrea

A private auditing company (KPMG) annually audits the Commercial Bank and the Housing and Commerce Bank. (references)

Travel

Hong Kong

Rents for housing are very high. (references)

Kenya

Housing: Adequate housing is available. (references)

Finland

Most people in Finland own their own housing. (references)

Women

Belize

A shelter for battered women offers short-term housing. (references)

Qatar

These allowances generally cover transportation and housing costs. (references)

Poland

This problem is exacerbated by a lack of alternative housing in the country. (references)

Worker Rights

Mongolia

Some employees receive housing benefits. (references)

Fiji

Factory housing for garment workers is overcrowded. (references)

Belize

Company-provided housing often lacks electricity and water. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "housing": barbers Point Housing ♦ clutch housing ♦ council housing ♦ cramped housing accommodation ♦ deficient housing ♦ department of Housing and Urban Development ♦ distribution of households according to the characteristics of housing and of the households'equipment by degree of urbanisation ♦ distribution of households according to the characteristics of housing and of the households'equipment by degree of urbanization ♦ distribution of households according to the characteristics of housing and of the households'equipment by type of aggregated household ♦ distributor housing ♦ Dover Base Housing ♦ federal Housing Administration ♦ free housing ♦ gear housing ♦ headlight housing ♦ Hickam Housing ♦ housing agency ♦ housing and Urban Development ♦ housing association ♦ housing benefit ♦ housing commissioner ♦ housing conditions ♦ housing development ♦ housing estate ♦ Housing for the Elderly ♦ housing industry ♦ housing loan ♦ housing market ♦ housing permits ♦ housing programme ♦ housing project ♦ housing rental agency ♦ housing scheme ♦ housing start ♦ housing starts ♦ housing unit ♦ lamp housing ♦ local housing committee ♦ low rent housing ♦ ministry of development and housing ♦ ministry of housing ♦ open housing ♦ Public Housing ♦ secretary of Housing and Urban Development ♦ sheltered housing accommodation ♦ vacant housing unit. Additional references.

Beginning with "housing": housing-association, housing-based, housing-blocks, housing-building, housing-led, housing-related, housing-state.

Ending with "housing": affordable-housing, co-housing, non-housing, public-housing.

Albanian

strehim (accommodation, billet, bunker, casemate, coverture, dugout, quarterage, refuge, resettlement, resort, shelter), strehë (asylum, awning, cover, dwelling, hangout, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, hostel, house, hovel, Lee, lodgement, lodgment, lurking place, mew, pad, peak, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roof, sanctuary, sanctum, sconce, shade, shed, shelter), sigurim banese, shtëpira, shasi (body, chassis, undercarriage), ndërtimesh, mbulesë zbukurimi, karkasë makinerie, banimi (residential). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كسوة زينية للسرج, ‏محراب (niche, sanctuary), ‏مسكن سكن (dwelling house, residence), ‏مساكن, ‏وقاء (cradle, fender, guard, hedge, rampart, shelter, shield), ‏غطاء (bed clothes, casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cot, cover, cover up, covering, coverlet, envelope, facing, jacket, lid, overlay, robe, roofing, rug, shroud, tarpaulin, tilt, top, vesture, wrapping), ‏سكني (habitation, inhabitation, residential), ‏زخارف (trappings, trim), ‏إيواء (lodging), ‏إسكان. (various references)

Bulgarian 

свръзка (batman, bracing, intercommunication, liaison, ligament, link, linkage, orderly), разквартируване (accommodation, lodgement, quarterage), кутия (box, cabinet, case, casing, container), квартира (accommodation, bed, diggings, digs, lodgement, lodgings, lodgment, pad, place, quarterage, quarters, rooms, tenement), корпус (body, bulk, carcass, corps, fuselage, shell), конски чул, кожух (case, jacket, mantle, sheath, shell, sleeve), картер, гнездо (collet, cradle, mortise, mounting, nest, rabbet, receptacle, socket), ниша (alcove, bay, niche, recess, recession), жилищно строителство, жилищен (domiciliary, residential), жилище (abode, dwelling, dwelling place, habitation, home, house, inhabitation, lodging, place, quarters, residence, shebang, shop), подслон (harborage, harbour, harbourage, inn, nest, protection, refuge, rest, roof, sconce, shelter). (various references)

Chinese 

住房 . (various references)

Czech

ubytování (accommodation, accommodations, billet, cantonment), pouzdro (box, capsule, case, sheath), kryt (bonnet, casing, covering, shield, top), bytové hospodářství, bytová výstavba, bydlení (habitation, immanence, immanency). (various references)

Danish

husforhold, hus (house), housing (case, enclosure), valsestol (millstand, stand), ret stander (standard, straight standard, upright), maskinstativ (baseboard, bed, bed of machine), kasse (box, case, cash, cash in hand, cash liquidity, cash on hand, casing, chest, compartment, container, crate, hopper, lug boxes, picking boxes, saladin box), indfalsning (crimp sealing, crimping, embedding, encasing, insetting), enclosure (case, enclosure), case (case, enclosure), boligsikring. (various references)

Dutch

huis (family, house), huisvesting (accommodation), inklemming (clamping, constraining, embedding, encasing, fixing, fixity, restraint), beveiligingskarter (casing, cover, guard), drijfwerkkast (box, case, casing), freem (assembled chassis-frame, carcass, framework, framing), gestel (chassis, column, frame), behuizing (case, casing, collector box, encapsulation, enclosure, packaging), inkassing (embedding, encasing, trenching), walstuig (millstand, stand), kast (cabinet, closet, cupboard, sideboard), omkasting (casing, enclosures), raam (cadre, frame, framework, window), sponning (slot), staander (column, cutter column, pillar, post, standard, straight standard, strut, stud, upright), walsraam (millstand, stand), inbedding (embedding, encasing). (various references)

Finnish

vaippa (cape, casing, cloak, cover, diaper, gown, mantle, napkin), suojus (case, casing, cover, guard, jacket, protector, screen, shelter, shield), runko (frame, fuselage, hull, skeleton, stem, trunk), rasia (box, case), pylväs (column, pillar, post), pesä (den, estate, grate, hole, hotbed, lair, nest), kuori (bark, case, chancel, choir, crust, fruit skin, hull, husk, jacket, peel, shell), kotelo (case, chrysa|lis, container holster), asuntokanta (dwelling stock, existing housing stock, housing effectives, housing stock), asuminen. (various references)

French

logement, encastrement, boîtier. (various references)

German

unterkunft (accommodation, accommodations, billet, house, lodging, quarters), gehäuse (box, cabinet, cage, case, casing, chassis, core, holder, housings, package, pod, shell, socket), wohnend (rooming). (various references)

Greek 

στέγαση (accommodation, roofing, sheltering). (various references)

Hebrew 

מעון (dwelling, habitation, haunt, home, house, residence), שכון (establishment, estate), דיור (accommodation, habitation, occupation). (various references)

Hungarian

ház (home, house, place, shell, the ceiling fell about our ears). (various references)

Indonesian

perumahan, papan (board, plank, shelf, sign (road)). (various references)

Italian

alloggiamento (accommodation, box, casing, lodging, quarters). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

住宅 (resident). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ハウジング , しゅうよう (accommodation, admission, adoption, culture, custody, entering, expropriation, following, reception, seating, self-discipline, training), じゅうたく (resident). (various references)

Korean 

주거 (housings, residential). (various references)

Manx

thieys (housekeeping), coodagh (awning, case, coat, coating, cover, envelope, overgrowth, shell, shielding, shroud, veil, wrapper). (various references)

Norwegian

bolig (abode, accommodation, dwelling, habitation, residence). (various references)

Pig Latin

ousinghay.(various references)

Portuguese

habita��o (habitat, habitation, home, house), encaixe (cog, fit, groove, indent, joint, mortice, mortise, notch, rabbet, socket, splice), alojamento (accumulation, billet, house-room, living space, lodge, lodgement, lodging, lodgment, quarter, quarters), armação de laminador (millstand, stand), armazenagem (storage, stow), armazenamento (cellarage, ensilage, hoarding, storage, tankage), cárter (crank case, sump), abrigo (anchor, bunker, cover, covert, coverture, harbor, harborage, harbour, harbourage, haven, home, hostel, nest, refuge, retreat, roof, sconce, screen, shelter), caixa (ash-box, bank window, bin, box, bunker, cash keeper, cashier, cashier's stand, chest, coalscuttle, coffer, desk, fund, hutch, jug, kit, money box, pay-box, receiver, safe, sheath, teller, treasurer, vessel, writing-table), recolha (carbarn, picking), estrutura (bulk, cadre, conformation, constitution, construction, fabric, formation, frame, framework, making, scenario, structure), inv�lucro do farol, montante (flux, sum, total, value), montante direito (standard, straight standard, upright), nicho (break, corner, dinette, niche), cárter de segurança (casing, cover, guard). (various references)

Romanian

toc (case, casement, casing, cover, feather, holster, knock, pen, penholder, plume, sheath, smack, stalk, tap), locuinţã (abode, accommodations, apartment, digging, dwelling, home, homestead, house, inhabitation, living, Lodge, lodging, lodgment, place, residence, rooms, tenement, whereabouts), gãzduire (accommodation, entertainment, hospitality, lodging, lodgment), corp (body, bone, carcas, corporation, corps, corpse, corpus, frame, head), cazare (accommodation), carcasã (carcas, carcase, case, framework, framing, Hull, shell, skeleton), adãpostire (refuge, sheltering), adãpost (bunker, burrow, cot, cover, covert, coverture, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, niche, penthouse, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shelter, shield, shroud, stall, support). (various references)

Russian 

тепляк (enclosure, inclosure, overall housing), корпус (body, cabinet, casing, corps, long primer, long-primer, pavilion, shell), ниша (alcove, bay, dinette, hovel, niche, recess), жилищный, жилищные условия, жилищное строительство, попона (body-cloth, caparison, horsecloth, horse-cloth, horse-cover). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stan (apartment, diggings, lodging, pad, place, residence, rooms), stambeni (residential), stambena izgradnja, kućište, krov (roof, roofing, top). (various references)

Spanish

cubierta (binder, casing, cover, covering, cowling, deck, drape, shoe, tire, topping), caja (barrel, body, box, case, cash, cash desk, cashbox, cashier's stand, casing, checkbox, checkout, chest, container, crate, cushion, drawer, fund, jug, money box, money-box, pay office, paydesk, shaft, shell, slush fund, take, till, vessel, well), alojamiento (accommodation, billet, digs, kip, lodgement, lodging, lodgings, lodgment, quarterage, quartering, quarters, rooms). (various references)

Swedish

hus (cabana, establishment, family, hall, home, house, household, houses). (various references)

Thai

การเคหะ. (various references)

Turkish

hâşâ, toplu konut, konutlandırma, konut (abode, condo, domicil, domicile, dwelling, habitation, house, quarters, residence), iskân (lodging, settlement, settling), evler, ev sağlama, ev (accommodation unit, crib, domestic, domicil, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, dwelling place, habitation, hangout, home, house, household, inhabitation, place, residence, rooms, settlement), barınak (asylum, burrow, cove, Harbor, harbour, haven, hiding place, refuge, repair, sanctuary, shelter), at örtüsü. (various references)

Ukrainian

сховище (accommodation, citadel, cover, covert, coverture, depository, depot, garner, haven, hide out, hold, repertory, vault, warehouse), навіс (awning, barrack, canopy, hovel, lean to, sunshade), забезпеченість житлом, житлове будівництво. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự cho ở sự cất vào kho. (various references)