low-income housing

noun

: housing for people who have low incomes

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In defense of the project, the developers say low-income housing is greatly needed in Placer County, and the population boom would support growth for local businesses. Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026 Mensah grew up in extreme poverty, living with his mother Naomi and three siblings in low-income housing and relying on food stamps and church food banks. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2026 The greater San Francisco Bay Area also is generally more expensive to build market-rate and low-income housing tax credit program projects, according to a RAND study last year. Devan Patel, Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2026 Finally, the opinion asserts that the city concentrates poverty by prioritizing construction of new low-income housing in low resource areas. Heidi Vonblum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for low-income housing

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