housing allowance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhousingandallowance
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housing
noun[U]
uk/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/us/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/
buildings for people to ...
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allowance
noun
uk/əˈlaʊ.əns/us/əˈlaʊ.əns/
money that you are given regularly, especially to pay for a ...
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(Definition ofhousingandallowancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In particular, it is puzzling that thehousingallowancehas been subjected to such remarkable cutbacks.
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The bourgeois government between 1991 and 1994 raised a non-indexed parameter for computing thehousingallowance.
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Eventually they probably level out, since they become increasingly transparent as their effect increases (cf. thehousingallowanceabove).
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Ahousingallowanceis urgently needed.
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We could, however, reintroduce thehousingallowance.
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Everyone should qualify for ahousingallowance.
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Thehousingallowancewill be no more than that.
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I welcome the news today about thehousingallowance.
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Prior to 1994, single officers received half thehousingallowance.
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I am very attracted to a needs-relatedhousingallowance.
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The previous government took away thehousingallowance.
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I am delighted that they restored thehousingallowance.
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I wish to mention the needs-relatedhousingallowance.
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The claim forhousingallowanceis still under consideration.
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For those already in service,housingallowancewill remain.
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Secondly, we must think again abouthousingallowance.
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Thehousingallowancewas removed from all new recruits.
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For those already in servicehousingallowancewill remain.
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Employers also had the option of providing ahousingallowancein lieu of accommodation, which some used as a pretext to limit wages.
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Political affiliation was important too, the political right being less willing to financehousingallowance but also here the evidence does not point to growing dif ferences.
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To muddy the picture, employers were given the option of providing ahousingallowancein lieu of accommodation, which some used as a pretext to limit wage.
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Unemployment benefit,housingallowanceand social assistance are more selective income transfers which are of more crucial importance for the worse off than for the well off.
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A claim for the payment ofhousingallowancewas received and considered in 1948.
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Responsibility for fixing the newhousingallowance, lies with the police authority concerned.
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That brings us back to some new way forward like a needs-relatedhousingallowance.
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