lack of housing

collocation in English

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housing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/us
/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ/
buildings for people to ...
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It was in the framework of rapid urban expansion and persistent poverty, henceforth dominated by unemployment andlackofhousing, that youth crime took place.
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Elderly residents tend to move away and thelackofhousingfor single people means that the development is still weighted towards families.
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Overcrowding and thelackofhousingrapidly gave rise to a large slum.
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The biggest single problem is not thelackofhousing, but poor management.
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Thelackofhousingis an insurmountable obstacle to the transfer of men and women.
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Thelackofhousingaccommodation is severely felt by the police in common with other classes of the community.
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No one will deny that thelackofhousingaccommodation in this country is deplorable.
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In many rural areas in percentage terms thelackofhousingis worse than in urban areas.
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When will the courts be made fully aware of their powers for dealing with harassment, lack of rent book,lackofhousingrepairs?
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It is an area of high immigration and a greatlackofhousing.
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When it comes to housing the queue can be reduced without reducing the human misery created by bad housing orlackofhousing.
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The main impediment to emigration since the war has been at the other end—lackofhousing—something over which we have no control.
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It addresses thelackofhousingdemand in parts of the north and the lack of supply in parts of the south.
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In this connection, we all know that the greatest obstacle to such mobility is thelackofhousing.
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Owing to thelackofhousingaccommodation, which is still prevalent, it has been found necessary to continue some protection.
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I am at one with the report which, in paragraph 13, talks of alackofhousingmix in many of the inner cities.
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Is she further aware that with unemployment, homelessness andlackofhousingon the increase, poverty will increase and therefore ill health will increase?
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I believe that thislackofhousingis largely responsible for the tremendous amount of marital discord which is a feature of the country today.
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Does he agree that there are still major problems in respect of the quality of existing housing and thelackofhousingfor homeless people?
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Thelackofhousinginvestment does not only affect the public sector.
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