Vanessa Nicholson (granddaughter of Vanessa Bell, one of the pivotal figures of the unconventional, but influential Bloomsbury Group in the first half of the 20th century) has described it as a curious slippery adjective.
Definition of 'public housing'. public housing. uncountable noun. Public housing is apartments or houses that are rented to poor people, usually at a low cost, by the government. [mainly US] ...the construction of more public housing.
Survey (HVS), NYCHA Public Housing represents. 8.1 percent of the Cityâs rental apartments and, based on the July, 2015 Census Estimate, is home. to 4.7 percent of the Cityâs population. NYCHA residents and Section 8 voucher holders. combined occupy 11.9 percent of the Cityâs rental.