Public housing Facts for Kids

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. Public housing is a form to give homes to poor people or the homeless.

Social housing is any rental housing that may be owned and managed by the state. Social housing can also be seen as a potential answer to housing inequality.

Private housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a private developer.

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Public housing in Bishan, Singapore. Singapore's public residential developments range from studio units to executive condominiums, contributing to a 90% home-ownership rate, one of the highest in the world.
Public-housing complex in Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong. The Kin Ming Estate comprises ten housing blocks, providing housing for approximately 22,000 people. In 2020, 2,112,138 were identified residents of public housing, which is 28% of the total population.
A local-authority 20-storey tower block in Cwmbran, South Wales.
Boundary Street in 1890; three years later, the London County Council began slum clearance.
Social housing in Eunápolis, Brazil.
Moss Park in Downtown Toronto.
Habitations Jeanne-Mance in Downtown Montreal.
Multifamiliar Miguel Alemán.
The 20-story John F. Hylan Houses in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York City.
The Ramona Gardens projects in Los Angeles, California.
An "Old Public House" in Pengpu Xincun, Shanghai.
A low-rent house in Ningnan County, Sichuan.
Clague Garden Estate, a public housing estate in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Karl Marx-Hof, classical public housing in Vienna.
A public housing apartment building at the Sandelsinkatu street in Siilinjärvi, Finland
Public housing of the rue Jean Fautrier in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Bruno Taut, Uncle Tom's Cabin Estate, Wilskistrasse, Berlin.
Berlin-Marzahn, the largest East German Neubaugebiet ("New development area"), 1987.
Panelház in Budapest-Kispest.
Government built housing in Bucharest, Romania.
Public housing, winner of an environmental design award, in El Astillero, Cantabria, Spain.
Tower block buildings in Rosengård, Malmö
Sídlisko III in Prešov, Slovakia.
A variety of social housing in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Park Hill in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
A local-authority 20-storey tower block in Cwmbran, South Wales.
1970s council housing in Haringey, North London.
Public housing high-rise in the Inner-City Sydney Sydney suburb of Waterloo, two of eleven such towers in three different estates spread across the Inner-City Sydney suburbs of Waterloo, Redfern and Surry Hills.
Unlike many other countries, much New Zealand state housing of the 20th century was in the form of detached single-family houses similar to private housing. This is a 1947 development in Oranga, Auckland.

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