A housing association is an organization which owns houses and helps its members to rent or buy them more cheaply than on the open market.
[British]
housing association in British English
noun
social welfare
(in Britain) a non-profit-making body whose purpose is to build, convert, or improve houses for letting at fair rents
Examples of 'housing association' in a sentence
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Buyers then pay rent to a housing association to make up the difference.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Housing associations should be allowed to rent out properties if they cannot sell them as shared ownership.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But a new housing association neighbour claimed it was hers.
The Sun (2016)
Allowing housing associations to borrow more would be one route to deliver this.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
These are usually offered on new-build properties and through housing associations.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The company is looking at partnerships with retailers, housing associations and utility companies.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Housing associations are in talks with the government about helping low income households on to the property ladder without a deposit or mortgage.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
From last year, housing associations could ban smoking on flat balconies and in courtyards or public spaces on their properties.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
He is having to throw himself on the mercy of Manchester city council in the hope of getting a housing association property.
The Sun (2016)
Councils and housing associations will be able to choose whether they implement the policy, rather than being forced to do so by the government.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Rather than bar outside investors he suggests enlisting them to help housing associations build more affordable homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They pay rent to a housing association on the remainder.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Buyers then pay rent to a housing association to make up the difference.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But he refuses to budge from the neat housing association home he rents on the cheap.
The Sun (2014)
Let councils and housing associations borrow to build for rent.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Housing associations are building more properties than they have for two decades.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was rumbled when the charity failed to pay housing association bills.
The Sun (2016)
In recent years social housing has been built almost exclusively by housing associations for rent or shared equity schemes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The alternative plan would no longer force housing associations to offer their tenants the ability to buy the property they live in.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
And it called for a new programme to build 100,000 housing association homes.
The Sun (2012)
You will need to apply for a mortgage on the portion you are buying and pay rent to the housing association on the remainder.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I have reported all this to the housing association.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A housing association or housebuilder will own the remaining percentage.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The lack of affordable housing means 1.8m families are waiting for a home provided by a council or a housing association.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The housing association worker told a friend she cannot now pay the mortgage on their three-bedroom semi on her salary alone.
The Sun (2012)
Same housing association, same street.
The Sun (2013)
He also hopes to persuade housing associations to require their tenants to have dogs on the DNA database.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This will not be helped by extending the right to buy, which will make it more difficult for housing associations to build new homes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He rents the remaining 60 per cent from the housing association at 300 a month.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A housing association offering bonds with 5 per cent interest has again expanded the issue size after being swamped with applications.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A housing association running care homes for the elderly has launched what is thought to be the first bid for a quoted company by a charity.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Homeowners who benefit would pay interest on a smaller, more manageable mortgage and rent to the housing association, while receiving guidance on their financial plight.