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public housing

noun as in affordable housing

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We see a widow struggling to raise her kids in West Belfast’s Divis Flats, a public housing complex.

From Salon

Federal lawmakers slowed investing in public housing as people of color moved in, leaving homes with mold, vermin, and other health hazards.

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An EPA directive that all drinking water systems in the nation remove their lead pipes may not solve contamination concerns at L.A. public housing complexes.

For instance, 71% of renters in the survey said they would back affordable or public housing construction on their block compared with 53% of homeowners.

Environmental Protection Agency visited a Los Angeles public housing project with lead-contaminated water, the agency ordered drinking water systems nationwide to replace every lead pipe within 10 years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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