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public housing  

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  • Public housing in the United States may be thought to include a range of types of housing assistance. This entry focuses on dwellings that are funded by the national government and are owned and operated by local housing authorities. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society; Public Housing]

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