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.
According to the HUDâs Residential Characteristic Report, the average annual income for a resident of a public housing unit is $13,730. The same report classifies 68% of residents as âExtremely Low Income,â with the largest annual income bracket being $5,000 to $10,000, containing 32% of public housing residents.