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.
Images for kids
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A local-authority 20-storey tower block in Cwmbran, South Wales.
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Boundary Street 1890; three years later, the London County Council began slum clearance.
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Social housing in Eunápolis, Brazil.
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Moss Park in Downtown Toronto.
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The 20-story John F. Hylan Houses in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York City.
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An "Old Public House" in Pengpu Xincun, Shanghai.
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Clague Garden Estate, a public housing estate in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.
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Panelház in Budapest-Kispest.
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Government built housing in Bucharest, Romania.
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A variety of social housing in Salford, Lancashire, England.
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1970s council housing in Haringey, North London.
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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.
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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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