noun phrase · neutral
housing shortage
UK/ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ/US/ˈhaʊzɪŋ ˈʃɔːrtɪdʒ/HOUS·ing SHOR·tage
A situation in which there are not enough homes for the number of people who need them.
Examples
“The city is struggling with a severe housing shortage.”
“Many young families can't buy a home because of the housing shortage.”
“Affordable housing projects were proposed to ease the housing shortage.”
Band 8 sentence
“The city's prolonged housing shortage, driven by rising prices and limited new builds, has forced many young professionals to move farther from the centre.”
Collocations
- face a housing shortage
- alleviate/relieve a housing shortage
- severe housing shortage
Word family
Common mistakes
a shortage housings→a shortage of housing
there is many housing shortage→there is a housing shortage
Say it for a higher band
5lack of houses→6housing problem→7+housing shortage
Synonyms
housing crisis
lack of housing
Easily confused
housing crisis
“The sudden collapse of the mortgage market triggered a housing crisis.”
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