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housing

noun [U]
 
 
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/

Definition

C1 buildings for people to live in: There's a shortage of cheap housing in the region.Houses and homes
(Definition of housing noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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