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• Housing Benefit — is a means tested social security benefit in the UK that is intended to help meet Housing costs for rented accommodation. The primary legislation governing Housing Benefit is the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• Housing association — Housing associations in the United Kingdom are independent not for profit bodies that provide low cost social housing for people in housing need. Any trading surplus is used to maintain existing homes and to help finance new ones. They are now… …   Wikipedia

• Housing first — is a relatively recent innovation in human service programs and social policy regarding treatment of the homeless. Rather than moving homeless individuals through different levels of housing, known as the Continuum of Care, whereby each level… …   Wikipedia

• Housing NSW — Housing NSW, formerly known as the New South Wales Department of Housing, is the public housing agency created in 1942 to build and manage public housing in the Australian state of New South Wales. The agency changed its name from the NSW… …   Wikipedia

• Housing at the University of California, Berkeley — consists of student housing facilities run by the office of Residential and Student Service Programs. Housing is also offered by off campus entities such as fraternities and sororities, and cooperatives (see See Also section). Contents 1 UCB… …   Wikipedia

• housing — hous‧ing [ˈhaʊzɪŋ] noun 1. [uncountable] PROPERTY the houses or conditions that people live in: • the link between poor housing and health • The smartest new housing developments in Malaysia often come with golf courses attached. • Falling prices …   Financial and business terms

• housing —    Housing in Britain has increasingly been dominated by one type, the owner occupied, single family dwelling in a suburb, in marked contrast to practice elsewhere in Europe. It is not however the only form of British housing, and emphasizing it… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

• Housing at the University of Chicago — includes 10 residence halls that are divided into 35 houses. Each house has an average of 70 students.[1] Freshmen must live on campus, and housing is guaranteed but not required thereafter.[2] The University operates 28 apartment buildings near… …   Wikipedia

• Housing Segregation — is the practice of denying African American or other minority groups equal access to housing through the process of misinformation, denial of realty and financing services, and racial steering. Misinformation can take the form of realtors or… …   Wikipedia

• Housing Justice — is a charity in the United Kingdom formed in 2003 when the Catholic Housing Aid Society (CHAS) (founded in 1956) and the Churches National Housing Coalition (CNHC) (founded in 1991) merged. With over 60 years experience it is one of the oldest… …   Wikipedia

• Housing Action Trust — Housing Action Trusts (HAT) are non departmental public bodies, which were set up to redevelop some of the poorest council housing estates in Britain s inner city suburbs.Six Housing Action Trusts were established under the Housing Act of 1988.… …   Wikipedia