1 [U] houses, flats/apartments, etc. that people live in, especially when referring to their type, price or condition:
public / private housing * poor housing conditions * the housing shortage * the housing market (= the activity of buying and selling houses, etc.) * sub-standard / low-cost / cheap housing
2 [U] the job of providing houses, flats/apartments, etc. for people to live in:
a housing committee / department / officer * the council's housing policy
3 [C] a hard cover that protects part of a machine:
a car's rear axle housing
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is housing a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, housing is tagged as noun.
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