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Meaning of affordable housing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see affordable, housing.
uncountable
Housing for people whose income is a certain percentage below the median income for an area, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
US, uncountable

Examples

“Such plans incorporate a range of public housing units, market rate dwelling units, and affordable housing units with shallower subsidies than those available for public housing units, financed by a variety of mechanisms in addition to the federal HOPE VI grant.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

affordables affordance affordant Afforded afforder Affording