What is social housing?
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Social housing provides affordable housing
A key function of social housing is to provide accommodation that is affordable to people on low incomes. Rents in the social housing sector are kept low through state subsidy. The social housing sector is currently governed by a strictly defined system of rent control to ensure that rents are kept affordable.
Social housing is allocated on the basis of need
Unlike the private rental sector, in which tenancies are offered according to the free cho...
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