Housing commission is Australian slang for government-funded public housing, referring to the state housing commissions that built and managed low-income residential estates from the mid-20th century onward. The term is used both neutrally and pejoratively depending on context — sometimes with working-class pride, sometimes as a class marker. 'Commission flats' or 'housing commission homes' are familiar features of Australian suburban landscapes, particularly around major cities like Melbourne and Sydney.
She grew up in a housing commission flat in Fitzroy and never pretended otherwise.
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(Australia, informal) Public housing.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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