rent subsidy

collocation in English

meaningsofrentandsubsidy

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rent
noun
uk
/rent/
us
/rent/
a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc. that someone ...
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subsidy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/
us
/ˈsʌb.sə.di/
money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it ...
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(Definition ofrentandsubsidyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I emphasise that it would not be arentsubsidy.
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The general rent levels will be determined by therentsubsidy, if any is to be paid, and by the rent increases.
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We do not know how much of the saving will come out ofrentsubsidy.
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It was a surprise to me that he wanted only £250 million newrentsubsidy.
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That is the basis on which the housing benefit and therentsubsidyallowance can be paid.
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Every council house involves an annualrentsubsidywhich, calculated with interest over the 60-year subsidy period, amounts to £2,136.
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It will not be the slightest use telling them that they can get arentsubsidy.
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Albans we have lost £40 million inrentsubsidysince the present policy started, in 1990–91.
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Incidentally, if this were done, it would relieve therentsubsidyfor council houses, which has run at between £20 million and £30 million for the whole country.
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On the other side there were family allowances, free school meals, free milk, food subsidy, fuel subsidy,rentsubsidy, and public investment for which he wanted another £500 million.
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We are taking the further step of saying that those on low incomes will getrentsubsidyin the same way as those in council tenancies get them.
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The reason is not therentsubsidy, but because once one has been allocated a council dwelling all the incentives are to stay put in it.
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Assistance is provided in the form of fixed, short-term monthlyrentsubsidyand case management to help families achieve permanent, stable housing.
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In exchange for arentsubsidy, the residents agree to host a specific number of programs per month (typically 5-7) such as holiday celebrations, community service and social events.
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This allows the household to live in the property of their choice, whilst using the money they save through therentsubsidyto save for a deposit.
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He suggested rent subsidies or family allowances, but that is the only contribution that he made to the discussion.
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Is it not a fact that, whereas housing subsidies may decline substantially, rent subsidies will increase substantially?
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Will he take steps to ascertain how much money per week, per month or per year is being paid out to landlords in rent subsidies?
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If the balance between rent subsidies and mortgage tax relief is to be redressed, action along those lines is necessary.
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It is absolutely inescapable that the greater the expenditure on rent subsidies, the less the expenditure for home improvement, new build, mortgages and so on.
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