(UK, Ireland) Housing provided (and usually built) by the local authority (a county council or a town council) at a low rent, typically intended for those on low incomes.
(UK, Ireland) Housing provided (and usually built) by the local authority (a county council or a town council) at a low rent, typically intended for those on low incomes.
Living in council housing made life more affordable for her family.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, Ireland) A house built and operated by a county council or a town council, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the working class and welfare recipients.
(UK, Ireland) Living in a council house.
(UK) A housing estate consisting, entirely or principally, of council housing.
A British and Irish term describing someone who lives in a council house — a publicly owned, government-subsidised property rented to lower-income residents. While simply a factual descriptor, 'council-housed' carries significant class connotations in UK culture and is sometimes used pejoratively in phrases like 'council-house mentality.' The term intersects with debates about social housing, class mobility, and the stigma attached to state assistance, making it loaded in certain contexts while being entirely neutral in others.
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