housing authority

collocation in English

meaningsofhousingandauthority

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housing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/us
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/
buildings for people to ...
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authority
noun
uk
/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us
/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofhousingandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhousing authority

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It is ahousingauthorityfor all these purposes.
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It is my belief that the best landlord is the municipalhousingauthority, a landlord one can control and get at through the elected representatives.
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A landlord will be entitled to such a grant if a repairs notice is served by the localhousingauthority.
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It is now being much better managed and will, in due course, be redeveloped by thehousingauthority.
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It is the localhousingauthoritywhich needs to know what houses are standing empty.
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You will never get a move on in regard to rural housing unless you make the county council thehousingauthority.
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A localhousingauthorityreceives housing support grant when estimated eligible expenditure exceeds estimated eligible income in respect of the authority's housing revenue account.
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We therefore feel that we should make the local boroughs the primaryhousingauthority.
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The selection of tenants for council houses is a matter reserved by statute to thehousingauthority.
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Under present conditions, a licence has also to be obtained from thehousingauthority, who will give priority to houses for agricultural workers and miners.
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It is paid only to thehousingauthority.
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When the time comes the local target will be fixed in relation to the needs and programmes of eachhousingauthority.
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The letting of public sector housing contracts is the responsibility of thehousingauthorityconcerned, and local firms have the opportunity of tendering.
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But where there is ahousingauthoritythe assets so on should be transferred to somebody within reach.
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Further, thishousingauthorityhave had to start a scheme of differential rents.
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I will quote one other case—that of ahousingauthoritywhich has increased its rents by the following amounts.
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The plans of the newhousingauthoritylook like transforming the situation within the next 10 years.
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If thehousingauthorityis in a sense paying itself, arrears will not accrue.
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If he is recruited from the country, an application is made to thehousingauthorityto give him an early opportunity of a house.
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The introduction of rent rebate schemes is by law within the discretion of each localhousingauthority.
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