habitação popular

[a.bi.ta.ˈsɐ̃w po.pu.ˈlaɾ]

nounfemininepl: habitações populares

affordable housing, public housing, low-income housing

1. Housing built or subsidized by the government for low-income families, typically characterized by modest construction and lower costs

The government invested in habitação popular to address the housing shortage.

O governo investiu em habitação popular para resolver a escassez de moradia.

2. Working-class or modest residential housing accessible to the general population

The development consists of several blocks of habitação popular.

O desenvolvimento consiste em vários blocos de habitação popular.

NYC Slang

project housing, affordable housing, low-income housing

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General Brazilian

habitação popular

most common term in Brazilian Portuguese

Rio de Janeiro

moradia popular, comunidade

often refers to favelas or informal settlements

São Paulo

habitação popular, conjunto habitacional

refers to planned low-income housing projects

Portugal

habitação social

preferred term in European Portuguese

programa de habitação popular

política de habitação popular

desenvolvimento de habitação popular

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