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.
Dictionary entry overview: What does public property mean? â¢ PUBLIC PROPERTY (noun) The noun PUBLIC PROPERTY has 1 sense: 1. property owned by a government Familiarity information: PUBLIC PROPERTY used as a noun is very rare.