housing benefit

noun [U] GOVERNMENT

Definition

› in the UK, money paid by the government to help people who are on a low income pay for a place to live in: Regulations place a duty on local authorities to ensure housing benefit is processed and paid in two weeks.

(Definition of housing benefit noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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