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.
tract housing - housing consisting of similar houses constructed together on a tract of land. 1  housing, living accommodations, lodging - structures collectively in which people are housed. 2  tract house - one of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land.