Housing Definition–noun | 1. | any shelter, lodging, or dwelling place. | | 3. | the act of one who houses or puts under shelter. | | 4. | the providing of houses for a group or community: the housing of an influx of laborers. | | 5. | anything that covers or protects. | | 6. | Machinery. a fully enclosed case and support for a mechanism. | | 7. | Carpentry. the space made in one piece of wood, or the like, for the insertion of another. | | 8. | Nautical. | a. | Also called bury. the portion of a mast below the deck. | | b. | Also called bury. the portion of a bowsprit aft of the forward part of the stem of a vessel. | | c. | the doubling of an upper mast. | | | 9. | a niche for a st
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A housing shortage continues to be one of the most severe problems affecting the country. In addition, many of the urban high-rise housing estates dating from the 1970s are badly in need of repair. ...
United Kingdom
During the mid-20th century, local governments developed council houses (public housing estates) throughout the United Kingdom. At public housing's peak, about 1970, local governments owned 30 ...
Kuwait
Housing in Kuwait is heavily subsidized by the government, and-since the government has invested large amounts of money in development since the oil boom-housing standards are generally high. ...
Scotland
Home ownership in Scotland generally has lagged behind that of the rest of the United Kingdom. Owing to policies implemented by the government of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s that encouraged home ...
Lebanon
In response to the need for low-cost housing, the Popular Housing Law was enacted in the 1960s, providing for the rehabilitation of substandard housing. Prior to the civil war a substantial ...
Ghana
With the rapid growth of population and the movement of large numbers of people from rural to urban areas, housing has become an acute problem in Ghana, especially in the large cities, where the ...
Serbia
Housing is a perennial problem, particularly for young people in urban areas. Most city dwellers live in small apartments in high-rise buildings. Although communes bear responsibility for housing ...
Iceland
More than four-fifths of homes have been built since the country's independence in 1944. Homes are relatively large in comparison with those in other countries, particularly because the country's ...
Cyprus
Housing became a major preoccupation of the Republic of Cyprus following the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the subsequent displacement and relocation of Greek Cypriots to the south of the country. The ...
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